Physical object with memory tag and apparatus for use with such objects
First Claim
1. A physical object comprising a base medium with a memory tag embedded in it or attached to it, the memory tag storing at least one data item and two-dimensional location data relating each of one or more areas on a two-dimensional surface of the physical object to the at least one data item stored by the memory tag and arranged for the at least one data item stored therein to be interrogated by incident electromagnetic radiation, wherein the at least one data item is at least one print data item representing data printed on said two-dimensional surface of the physical object.
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Abstract
A physical object is provided that comprises a base medium, such as a paper sheet, and a memory tag embedded in it or attached to it. The memory tag stores at least one data item and location data relating each of one or more areas on the object'"'"'s surface to a corresponding data item. Preferably, the data item or items stored by the tag comprise a print data item representing an item printed on the object, and/or a meta data item representing an instruction, or data to be output, in response to user selection of the corresponding area on the object'"'"'s surface. Apparatus is provided for writing the data items and location data to the memory tag; apparatus is also provided for subsequently using the location data for interpreting user selections made by indicating positions on the object.
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22 Claims
- 1. A physical object comprising a base medium with a memory tag embedded in it or attached to it, the memory tag storing at least one data item and two-dimensional location data relating each of one or more areas on a two-dimensional surface of the physical object to the at least one data item stored by the memory tag and arranged for the at least one data item stored therein to be interrogated by incident electromagnetic radiation, wherein the at least one data item is at least one print data item representing data printed on said two-dimensional surface of the physical object.
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7. An apparatus comprising a memory-tag writing device for writing data to a memory tag by applying electromagnetic radiation incident on the memory tag, wherein the memory tag is embedded in or attached to a base medium of a physical object or that is to be so embedded or attached, and a control processor to collect and organize data for writing by the memory-tag writing device;
- wherein the control processor is to collect and organize both at least one data item and related location data that associates the at least one data item to a corresponding area on a two-dimensional surface of the physical object, the control processor is further to control the writing of the at least one data item and location data to the memory tag, wherein the at least one data item is at least one print data item representing data printed on said two-dimensional surface of the physical object.
- View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus comprising:
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a memory-tag read device for reading at least one data item and location data from a memory tag embedded in or attached to a base medium of a physical object presented to the apparatus by applying electromagnetic radiation incident on the memory tag, the location data relating each of one or more areas on the surface of the object to at least one data item stored by the memory tag, wherein the at least one data item is at least one print data item representing data printed on said two-dimensional surface of the physical object; a user input arrangement to receive user input indicative of a user-selected position on the object; and a control arrangement to use the location data read by the read device to identify the at least one data item corresponding to a user-selected position indicated by user input to the user input arrangement. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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