Position code bearing notepad employing activation icons
First Claim
1. A product comprising:
- a surface;
a writing position code region on said surface, said writing position code region having a first subset of a position codes provided thereon which codes a plurality of positions on the writing position code region to enable electronic recording of information which is being written on the writing surface position code region, by means of a device which detects the position codes; and
at least one activation icon coded by a second subset of the position code representing said activation icon and coding at least one position, which activation icon, when detected by the device, causes the device to initiate a predetermined operation which utilizes the information recorded by the device from said writing position code region, the device detecting the activation icon by using information stored in the device'"'"'s memory indicative of which positions belong to the writing position code region and the activation icon, respectively.
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Abstract
A system for information management consists of a product, for instance a notepad sheet, which has a writing surface (3) with a position code (5), which codes a plurality of positions on the surface, and a device, which is adapted to record the information which is being written on the writing surface by detecting the position code. Moreover, on the product there are a number of activation icons (7a–g). When such an activation icon is detected by the device, the device initiates a predetermined operation which utilizes the recorded information. Such an operation can, for instance, consist of sending the recorded information to an indicated address. A product, a device, a method and a computer program for information management are also shown.
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52 Claims
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1. A product comprising:
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a surface; a writing position code region on said surface, said writing position code region having a first subset of a position codes provided thereon which codes a plurality of positions on the writing position code region to enable electronic recording of information which is being written on the writing surface position code region, by means of a device which detects the position codes; and at least one activation icon coded by a second subset of the position code representing said activation icon and coding at least one position, which activation icon, when detected by the device, causes the device to initiate a predetermined operation which utilizes the information recorded by the device from said writing position code region, the device detecting the activation icon by using information stored in the device'"'"'s memory indicative of which positions belong to the writing position code region and the activation icon, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An information management device for electronically recording information that is being written on a writing surface, the writing surface being provided with a first subset of a position code, which codes a plurality of positions on the writing surface, comprising:
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a pen for moving across the writing surface and for interacting with an activation icon, which is provided with a second subset of the position code, which codes at least one position on the activation icon; a reader mounted for movement with the pen for reading said position code while the pen is moving across the writing surface and when the pen is interacting with the activation icon; a memory mounted for movement with the pen and storing information indicative of which positions are coded on the writing surface and the activation icon, respectively; processing circuitry mounted for movement with the pen for using the position codes read by said reader from the writing surface to develop pen path information, said processing circuitry identifying when said pen interacts with the activation icons by using the information stored in the memory, to produce a signal to initiate a predetermined operation which utilizes the pen path information. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. In a system wherein a pen provided with a position code reader reading a position code provided on a writing surface and on an activation icon representative of an order for an computer controlled action, a computer program for information management, which is stored on a computer-readable storage medium provided in the pen when used and which performs the steps of:
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receiving, as an input signal, a plurality of positions obtained from said position code, using information in a memory of the pen indicative of which positions are coded by the position code on the writing surface and on the activation icon, respectively, to establish whether positions received in the input signal belong to the writing surface or the activation icon, processing positions belonging to the writing surface as representing information written by the pen on the writing surface; and interpreting a position belonging to the activation icon as a command to initiate a predetermined operation which utilizes the information written on the writing surface. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41)
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42. A system for information management, comprising:
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a sensing wand adapted to record information electronically by using position information obtained from a first subset of a position codes provided on a writing region and to detect interaction with at least one activation icon by using position information obtained from a second subset of the position code with which the activation icon is provided; a memory in said sensing wand, which stores information indicative of positions coded on the writing region and the activation icon by said first and second subset, respectively; and a sensed product, said product supplying the position information to said sensing wand and being provided with the writing region and said at least one activation icon, the sensing wand being adapted to initiate the predetermined operation for the recorded information obtained from the writing region in response to the detection of said at least one activation icon code, said detection occurring when the sensing wand establishes that position information received from the sensed product corresponds to a position coded on the activation icon by the second subset of the position code. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44)
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45. A method for interacting with information written on a writing surface provided with a first subset of a position code coding positions on the writing surface and at least one activation icon provided with a second subset of the position code coding at least one position on the activation icon, the activation icon being representative of a computer function, comprising:
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using a position code reader to read the position code on the writing surface and the at least one activation icon in order to record the information written on the writing surface and to actuate the activation icon, decoding the read position code to positions, using pre-stored information indicative of which positions are coded on the writing surface and the at least one activation icon by the first and second subset, respectively, to determine if decoded positions belong to the writing surface or the activation icon, processing decoded positions belonging to the writing surface as information written on said writing surface; processing a decoded position belonging to the activation icon as an actuation of said activation icon and issuing an instruction to initiate the computer function the activation icon represents; said steps of decoding, using and processing being performed within a device including said position code reader; receiving said instruction and initiating the computer function the activation icon represents in response thereto; said computer function utilizing the information recorded from the writing surface; said step of receiving and initiating being performed in a digital computer located remotely from said position code reader. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48)
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49. A system for interacting with information written on a writing surface provided with a first subset of a position code coding positions on the writing surface and at least one activation icon provided with a second subset of the position code coding at least one position on the activation icon, said activation icon being representative of a computer function, comprising:
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a pen provided with a position code reader obtaining position indications from the position code on the writing surface and the activation icon in order to record the information written on the writing surface and to actuate the activation icon, a processor system including; a first processor portion collocated with the pen and having a memory which stores information indicative of positions coded on the writing surface and on the activation icon by the first and second subset, respectively, of the position code, said first processor portion processing obtained position indications indicating positions belonging to the writing surface as information written on said writing surface, and processing an obtained position indication indicating a position belonging to the activation icon as an actuation of said activation icon and issuing an instruction to initiate the computer function the activation icon represents; a second processor portion receiving said instruction generated by said first processor portion and initiating the computer function the activation icon represents, said computer function utilizing the information recorded from writing surface. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52)
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Specification