Device for interacting with an interface surface

• US 7,148,499 B2
• Filed: 03/04/2005
• Issued: 12/12/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Original Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Inventors: Lapstun, Paul, Silverbrook, Kia
• Primary Examiner(s): Epps, George
• Assistant Examiner(s): WYATT, KEVIN S
• Application Number:
  US11/071,267
• Publication Number:
  US 20050145807A1
• Time in Patent Office: 648 Days
• Field of Search: 250/566, 340/568.5, 345/179
• US Class Current: 250/566
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 3/445 Printers integrated in other types of apparatus, e.g. printers integrated in cameras
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1656 Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1688 the I/O peripheral being integrated loudspeakers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1614 Image rotation following screen orientation, e.g. switching from landscape to portrait mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0384 Wireless input, i.e. hardware and software details of wireless interface arrangements for pointing devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0321 by optically sensing the absolute position with respect to a regularly patterned surface forming a passive digitiser, e.g. pen optically detecting position indicative tags printed on a paper sheet constructional details of pen-shaped pointing devices G06F3/03545, G06F3/03542, G06F3/037
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27475 using interactive graphical means or pictorial representations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2755 by optical scanning
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72409 by interfacing with external accessories hands-free H04M1/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 : including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42 : Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers specially adapted for wireless communication networks H04W4/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0015 : First party call control architectures
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00204 : with a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server programmed control between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N1/32561
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 : with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00307 : with a mobile telephone apparatus constructional features of portable telephone sets H04M1/0202; mobile radio systems H04W84/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00326 : with a data reading, recognizing or recording apparatus, e.g. with a bar-code apparatus arrangements for the associated working of recording or reproducing apparatus with related apparatus G11B31/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00392 : Other manual input means, e.g. digitisers or writing tablets
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00968 : by scanning marks on a sheet mark-sheet input means H04N1/00355; sensing record carriers G06K7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32122 : in a separate device, e.g. in a memory or on a display separate from image data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32133 : on the same paper sheet, e.g. a facsimile page header
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32778 : using a mark-sheet or machine-readable code request
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/60 : using transform coding
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/61 : in combination with predictive coding
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 : embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/422 : Input-only peripherals , i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS] input devices also receiving signals from specially adapted client devices H04N21/4104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42203 : sound input device, e.g. microphone
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 : Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/478 : Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0082 : Image hardcopy reproducer H04N2201/0091 - H04N2201/0094 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3226 : of identification information or the like, e.g. ID code, index, title, part of an image, reduced-size image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3247 : Data linking a set of images to one another, e.g. sequence, burst or continuous capture mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3264 : of sound signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3269 : of machine readable codes or marks, e.g. bar codes or glyphs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3274 : Storage or retrieval of prestored additional information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/445 : for displaying additional information H04N5/50 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 : Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 : Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/783 : Adaptations for reproducing at a rate different from the recording rate
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• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 : by receiver means only
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99931 : Database or file accessing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/187 : Continuous sectional layer

Abstract

A device for interacting with an interface surface provided on a substrate, the interface surface including coded data disposed therein or thereon. The device includes at least one sensor for sensing at least some of the coded data and a processor for generating first data using the sensed coded data. The first data is indicative of an identity of the interface surface and a position of the device relative to the interface surface, and is transferred to a computer system by a transmitter. The computer system uses the first data to determine a page description, and from this display data indicative of information to be printed. The display data is transferred to the device to allow the device to present information relating to the display data.

Claims

1. A device for interacting with an interface surface provided on a substrate, the interface surface including coded data disposed therein or thereon, the device including:

at least one sensor for sensing at least some of the coded data;

a processor for generating, using the sensed coded data, first data, the first data being at least partially indicative of;

an identity of the interface surface; and

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a position of the device relative to the interface surface;

a transmitter for transmitting the first data to a computer system, the computer system being responsive to the first data to;

determine, using first data, a page description; and

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determine, using the page description and the position, display data at least partially indicative of information;

a receiver for receiving, from the computer system, the display data; and

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at least one display device for presenting, using the display data, the information, wherein the device is configured and arranged such that the sensor is operative to sense the coded data when the display device is positioned, in use, at least partly overlapping the substrate.

2. A device according to claim 1, wherein the processor:

determines a view transformation; and

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displays the information using the view transform.

3. A device according to claim 1, wherein the coded data includes orientation information, and wherein the processor:

determines, from the sensed coded data, an orientation of the device with respect to the interface surface;

determines, from the orientation, the view transform.

4. A device according to claim 2, wherein the device includes a user interface for receiving inputs from a user, and wherein the processor at least partially determines a view transform using the inputs.

5. A device according to claim 2, wherein the device includes a user interface, and wherein the processor:

determines, using the user interface, digital ink; and

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causes the transmitter to transmit the digital ink to the computer system, the computer system being responsive to the digital ink and the view transform to interpret the digital ink.

6. A device according to claim 1, wherein the computer system is responsive to the first data to:

determine, using the identity, a page description; and

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determine, using the page description and the position, the display data.

7. A device according to claim 1, wherein the coded data is infrared absorptive, and wherein the sensor is adapted to detect infrared radiation.

8. A device according to claim 1, wherein the device includes a housing having a number of feet arranged so as to define a plane, the sensor being provided in the housing such that it is focussed on the plane, to thereby allow sensing of coded data provided in the plane.

9. A device according to claim 1, wherein the processor:

determines, from user inputs, authentication information;

generates authentication data at least partially indicative of the authentication information; and

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causes the transmitter to transfer the authentication data to the computer system, the computer system being responsive to the authentication data to authenticate the user.

10. A device according to claim 9, wherein the authentication data is at least partially indicative of a biometric of an owner of the device.

11. A device for interacting according to claim 1, wherein the display device includes at least one of:

a printer mechanism for printing on the substrate; and

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an electronic display.

12. A device for interacting according to claim 11, wherein the processor causes the printer mechanism to print markings on the substrate based to thereby allow a user to interact with the interface surface.

13. A device according to claim 12, wherein the device includes a user interface for receiving inputs from a user, the markings being at least partially based on the user inputs.

14. A device for interacting according to claim 13, wherein the user interface includes a touch-sensitive overlay.

15. A device for interacting according to claim 14, wherein the processor causes printing of markings on the interface surface at a position substantially aligned with a point at which the user touches the touch-sensitive overlay.

16. A device for interacting according to claim 11, wherein the interface surface includes at least one field, and wherein the device for interacting is configured to:

display visual information corresponding to the at least one field; and

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print markings in the at least one field based at least partially on user input.

17. A device according to claim 1, wherein the display device at least partly overlaps the sensor device, such that the sensor is positioned between the display device and the coded data when the device for interacting is in use.

18. A device according to claim 1, wherein the interface surface includes visual information, and wherein the display data is at least partially based on the visual information.

19. A device according to claim 1, wherein the interface surface includes obscured visual information, and wherein the display data being at least partially indicative of the visual information, thereby allowing the visual information to be displayed.