Attribute selection surface for use with a pen

• US 7,336,267 B2
• Filed: 10/24/2005
• Issued: 02/26/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Original Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Inventors: Silverbrook, Kia, Lapstun, Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Jimmy H.
• Application Number:
  US11/255,941
• Publication Number:
  US 20060038797A1
• Time in Patent Office: 855 Days
• Field of Search: 345/173, 345/179, 178/18.03, 178/19.01, 178/19.05, 382/188
• US Class Current: 345/179
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 3/36 for portability , i.e. hand-held printers or laptop printers B41J3/4075 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B43K 23/008 Holders comprising finger grips B43K23/004, B43K23/012 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B43K 29/00 Combinations of writing implements with other articles
• CPC Class Codes: B43K 29/003 with optical equipment, e.g. magnifier, viewer
• CPC Class Codes: B43K 29/08 with measuring, computing or indicating devices
• CPC Class Codes: B43K 29/10 with illuminating devices
• CPC Class Codes: B43K 8/003 Pen barrels
• CPC Class Codes: B43K 8/006 using a spraying system, e.g. airbrushes
• CPC Class Codes: B43K 8/22 with electrically or magnetically activated writing-points
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/047 Detection, control or error compensation of scanning velocity or position H04N1/0402 and H04N1/17 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/107 with manual scanning
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0082 Image hardcopy reproducer H04N2201/0091 - H04N2201/0094 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0096 Portable devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/04713 Details of the detector arrangement, e.g. non-standard position, optical details H04N2201/04712 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/04717 on the scanned sheet, e.g. a reference sheet

Abstract

An attribute selection surface for use with a pen is provided. The pen has an electronically controllable marking device and a sensor. The surface comprises a substrate having information disposed thereon, the information comprising human-readable attribute information and coded data adapted to be sensed by the sensor of the pen.

Claims

1. An attribute selection surface for use with a pen having an electronically controllable marking device and a sensor, the surface comprising a substrate having information printed thereon, the information comprising:

(a) human-readable attribute information indicative of at least one mark application attribute of the marking device of the pen; and

(b) coded data adapted to be sensed by the sensor of the pen, at least some of the coded data being indicative of;

(i) at least one mark application attribute of the marking device of the pen; and

(ii) a position of a tag on the attribute selection surface, wherein said at least some of the coded data disposed within a particular area of the substrate is indicative of the same mark application attribute indicated by the human-readable attribute information disposed within that same area.

2. The attribute selection surface of claim 1 wherein the coded data comprises a plurality of tags.

3. The attribute selection surface of claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the mark application attribute comprises one or more of the following mark attributes:

(a) colour;

(b) stroke width;

(c) stroke style;

(d) hue;

(e) texture;

(f) color texture;

(g) opacity texture; and

(h) nib shape.