Method for producing indicators and processing apparatus and system utilizing the indicators
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1. A processing system comprising:
- an optical device for capturing an image from a selected zone on a surface of an object by a user, wherein the image includes a graphical indicator that is visually negligible and is affixed on the surface of the object;
a processing device coupled to the optical device for receiving the image, the processing device retrieving the graphical indicator from the image and acquiring an additional information corresponding to the graphical indicator by processing and/or transforming the graphical indicators; and
an output device coupled to the processing device for outputting the additional information.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a method for producing graphical indicators and interactive systems for utilizing the graphical indicators. On the surface of an object, visually negligible graphical indicators are provided. The graphical indicators and main information, i.e. text or pictures, co-exist on the surface of object. The graphical indicators do not interfere with the main information when the perception of human eyes are concerned. With the graphical indicators, further information other than the main information on the surface of object are carried. In addition to the main information on the surface of object, one is able to obtain additional information through an auxiliary electronic device or trigger an interactive operation.
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51 Claims
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1. A processing system comprising:
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an optical device for capturing an image from a selected zone on a surface of an object by a user, wherein the image includes a graphical indicator that is visually negligible and is affixed on the surface of the object; a processing device coupled to the optical device for receiving the image, the processing device retrieving the graphical indicator from the image and acquiring an additional information corresponding to the graphical indicator by processing and/or transforming the graphical indicators; and an output device coupled to the processing device for outputting the additional information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A processing system comprising:
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a surface of an object including multiple index zones, multiple visually negligible graphical indicators are arranged in each index zone; and an electronic system comprising an optical device for capturing a selected zone on the surface of the object by a user, the optical device capturing an image from the selected zone, the electronic system retrieving the graphical indicators from the image and producing an response by using an additional information corresponding to one graphic indicator. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. An electronic apparatus comprising:
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an optical-reading device for capturing an image from a selected zone on a surface of an object by a user, emitting infrared ray to the surface of the object, and then receiving a response image from the surface of the object as the image, the image comprising a graphical indicator that is visually negligible and is affixed onto the surface of the object, the graphical indicator comprising a plurality of state zones for selectively respectively storing a plurality of graphical micro-units, and each state zone displaying a state from at least two candidate states; an image-processing circuit coupled to the optical-reading device and used to retrieve the image from the graphical indicator and acquire an additional information corresponding to the graphical indicator; and an output circuit being coupled to the image-processing circuit and outputting the additional information; wherein the surface of the object comprises multiple index zones, each index zone corresponds to one index value, and multiple identical graphical indicators are arranged in each index zone, the surface of the object further comprises a main information that overlaps and co-exists with the graphical micro-units on the surface of the object, and the graphical micro-units are negligible when the user observes the main information, and each graphical micro-unit is printed in an ink that substantially absorbs infrared ray, and the main information is printed in an ink that hardly absorbs infrared ray. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A memory vehicle comprising:
- an indicator information;
an additional information; and mapping relationship of the indicator information and the additional information; wherein the indicator information corresponds to a graphical indicator that comprises a plurality of state zones for selectively respectively storing a plurality of graphical micro-units, each state zone displays a state from at least two candidate states, a surface of an object comprises multiple index zones, each index zone corresponds to one index value, and multiple identical graphical indicators are arranged in each index zone, and the surface of the object further comprises main information that overlaps and coexists with the graphical micro-units that are negligible when a user observes the main information.
- an indicator information;
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42. An image-processing circuit comprising:
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a digital-signal-processing chip coupled to a memory vehicle and used for capturing a graphical indicator from an image and retrieving additional information corresponding to the graphical indicator; wherein the graphical indicator comprises a plurality of state zones for selectively respectively storing a plurality of graphical micro-units, and each the state zone displays a state from at least two candidate states, and the digital-signal-processing chip analyzes a layout of the graphical micro-units to retrieve the plurality of indicator information and further to acquire the additional information by processing and/or transforming the indicator information.
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43. A coordinate positioning system allowing a user to make positioning action over a surface of an object, said surface including a main information, comprising:
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a coordinate system, implemented over said surface, including multiple coordinate zones, each coordinate zone including at least a visually negligible graphical indicator, said graphical indicator including multiple graphical micro-units co-existing with the main information over the surface without interference with the main information, multiple graphical micro-units being arranged in a layout in the graphical indicator, the layout corresponding to an indicator information indicating a coordinate value of each coordinate zone; and a device for capturing the layout from the graphical indicator, retrieving the coordinate value responsive to said layout, and providing a response in response to the coordinate value. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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