Notetaking method incorporating coded data sensor
First Claim
1. A method of enabling handwritten note taking and retrieval, the method including the steps of:
- providing a user with at least one form printable on a surface, the form containing information relating to a notebook activity and including coded data indicative of an identity of the form and of at least one reference point of the form;
receiving, in a computer system, indicating data from a sensing device operated by said user, said indicating data regarding the identity of the form and at least one of a position and a movement of the sensing device relative to the form; and
identifying in the computer system and from the indicating data, at least one parameter relating to the notebook activity,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 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 at least part of the indicating data using at least some of the decoded coded data.
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Abstract
A method of enabling handwritten note taking and retrieval, the method including the steps of: providing a user with at least one form printable on a surface, the form containing information relating to a notebook activity and including coded data indicative of an identity of the form and of at least one reference point of the form; receiving, in a computer system, indicating data from a sensing device operated by said user, said indicating data regarding the identity of the form and at least one of a position and a movement of the sensing device relative to the form; and identifying in the computer system and from the indicating data, at least one parameter relating to the notebook activity.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of enabling handwritten note taking and retrieval, the method including the steps of:
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providing a user with at least one form printable on a surface, the form containing information relating to a notebook activity and including coded data indicative of an identity of the form and of at least one reference point of the form; receiving, in a computer system, indicating data from a sensing device operated by said user, said indicating data regarding the identity of the form and at least one of a position and a movement of the sensing device relative to the form; and identifying in the computer system and from the indicating data, at least one parameter relating to the notebook activity, 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 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 at least part of the indicating data using at least some of the decoded coded data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of enabling handwritten note taking and retrieval, the method including the steps of:
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providing a user with at least one form printable on a surface, said form containing information relating to a notebook activity and including coded data indicative of at least one parameter of the notebook activity; receiving, in a computer system, data from a sensing device operated by said user regarding said at least one parameter and regarding at least one of a movement and a position of the sensing device relative to said form; and interpreting, in the computer system, at least one of said movement and said position of the sensing device as it relates to said 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 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 at least some of the data regarding the parameter and at least one of the movement and the position of the sensing device relative to said form using at least some of the decoded coded data.
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18. A method of enabling handwritten note taking and retrieval, the method including the steps of:
- providing a notebook user with a form including coded data indicative of an identity of said form;
receiving, in a computer system, data from a sensing device regarding an identity of the user and regarding the identity of said form; and identifying, in the computer system and from the data regarding the identity of the user and the identity of the form, a notebook activity, 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 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 at least some of the data regarding the identity of said form using at least some of the decoded coded data. - View Dependent Claims (19)
- providing a notebook user with a form including coded data indicative of an identity of said form;
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