Digital pen and a method of storing digital records of the use made of the digital pen
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1. A digital pen having:
- means to sense and create a digital record of the use made of the pen, said means including a camera and a pressure sensor,a memory in which is stored a unique unmodifiable identifier of the pen, a plurality of standard sets of data relating to users of the pen and their roles, and in which the digital record is stored,means to select an appropriate standard set of data relating to a particular user of the pen and their role,a nib, anda wireless memory reader and writer for communication with memory tags by inductive coupling, wherein the coupling also powers the memory tags, and wherein the wireless memory tag reader and writer is configured to download the digital record of the use made of the pen to at least one of the memory tags,wherein the wireless memory tag reader and writer is located near an opposite end of the pen from the nib.
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Abstract
A digital pen of the kind having means to sense and create a digital record of the use made of the pen and a memory in which the digitised record is stored also includes a reader for communication with memory tags by inductive coupling. The means to sense and create a digital record of the use made of the pen may include a camera. Preferably the reader for communication with memory tags is located at the opposite end of the pen from a nib for convention writing, and the pen includes a battery power supply.
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1. A digital pen having:
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means to sense and create a digital record of the use made of the pen, said means including a camera and a pressure sensor, a memory in which is stored a unique unmodifiable identifier of the pen, a plurality of standard sets of data relating to users of the pen and their roles, and in which the digital record is stored, means to select an appropriate standard set of data relating to a particular user of the pen and their role, a nib, and a wireless memory reader and writer for communication with memory tags by inductive coupling, wherein the coupling also powers the memory tags, and wherein the wireless memory tag reader and writer is configured to download the digital record of the use made of the pen to at least one of the memory tags, wherein the wireless memory tag reader and writer is located near an opposite end of the pen from the nib. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A digital pen having:
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means to sense and create a digital record of the use made of the pen, said means including a camera and a pressure sensor, a memory in which is stored a unique unmodifiable identifier of the pen and in which the digital record is stored, a nib, and a wireless memory reader and writer for communication with memory tags by inductive coupling, wherein the coupling also powers the memory tags, and wherein the wireless memory tag reader and writer is configured to download the digital record of the use made of the pen to at least one of the memory tags, wherein the wireless memory tag reader and writer is located near an opposite end of the pen from the nib. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. A digital pen having means to sense and create a digital record of the use made of the pen and a memory in which the digital record is stored, wherein the pen further includes:
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a wireless memory tag reader and writer for communication with memory tags by inductive coupling, wherein the inductive coupling also powers the memory tags, and wherein the wireless memory tag reader and writer is configured to download the digital record of the use made of the pen to at least one of the memory tags; and a nib, and wherein the wireless memory tag reader and writer is located near an opposite end of the pen from the nib. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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