Telephone having printer and sensor

• US 8,286,858 B2
• Filed: 08/29/2011
• Issued: 10/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Original Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Inventors: Silverbrook, Kia, Lapstun, Paul, Walmsley, Simon Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Mai, Thien T
• Application Number:
  US13/220,585
• Publication Number:
  US 20110312378A1
• Time in Patent Office: 414 Days
• Field of Search: 235/375, 235/449, 235/380, 235/454, 235/462.01, 235/492, 235/379, 455/550.1, 455/556, 455/575.1, 358/1.9, 358/1.15, 358/296, 340/5.2, 340/5.61, 340564- 565, 340/5.74, 340/572.1
• US Class Current: 235/375
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 3/445 Printers integrated in other types of apparatus, e.g. printers integrated in cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/21 Combinations with auxiliary equipment, e.g. with clocks or memoranda pads
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2755 by optical scanning
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00307 with a mobile telephone apparatus constructional features of portable telephone sets H04M1/0202; mobile radio systems H04W84/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32101 Display, printing, storage or transmission of additional information, e.g. ID code, date and time or title
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0082 Image hardcopy reproducer H04N2201/0091 - H04N2201/0094 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3269 of machine readable codes or marks, e.g. bar codes or glyphs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/00 Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof

Abstract

A telephone is provided having an input at which a print medium is loaded, a sensor for sensing an identifier of the loaded print medium, and a printer for determining whether or not the loaded print medium is a valid print medium on which printing can be performed. If the loaded print medium is determined to be valid, the printer prints on the loaded print medium. If the loaded print medium is determined to not be valid, the loaded print medium is ejected at the input.

Claims

1. A telephone comprising:

an input at which a print medium is loaded;

a sensor for sensing an identifier of the loaded print medium; and

a printer for determining whether or not the loaded print medium is a valid print medium on which printing can be performed and, if the loaded print medium is determined to be valid, printing on the loaded print medium, and if the loaded print medium is determined to not be valid, causing the loaded print medium to be ejected at the input.

2. A telephone as claimed in claim 1, wherein the print medium is provided with coded data encoding information indicative of the identifier.

3. A telephone as claimed in claim 2, wherein a format of the coded data is a linear pattern.

4. A telephone as claimed in claim 2, wherein the information is further indicative of a two-dimensional coordinate grid, and a format of the coded data is a two-dimensional pattern.

5. A telephone as claimed in claim 2, wherein the printer prints at least some of the coded data on the print medium.

6. A telephone as claimed in claim 2, comprising a media feed path, such that when the print medium is loaded into the media feed path at least some of the coded data is read using the sensor, and the identifier is determined using the read coded data.