Digital bookclip
First Claim
1. A pen-based computing system for digitally capturing content from a printed document comprising one or more pages of printed data, the printed document associated with a document identifier, the system comprising:
- a digital bookclip comprising a physical material encoded with a pattern, the physical material distinct from the printed document;
a smart pen device comprising;
an imaging system configured to capture an interaction of the smart pen device with the digital bookclip by reading the encoded pattern of the digital bookclip, the smart pen device capturing a beginning location on the digital bookclip corresponding to a beginning of the interaction and an end location on the digital bookclip corresponding to an end of the interaction;
a database storing a digital representation of the printed document; and
a memory storing computer program code configured to be executed by a processor coupled to the smart pen device, the computer program code including instructions for;
accessing the digital representation of the printed document from the database using the document identifier,determining a vertical or horizontal orientation of the digital bookclip with respect to the printed document;
receiving the captured beginning and end locations corresponding to the interaction of the smart pen with the digital bookclip;
identifying a selected first portion of the digital representation of the printed document based on the determined orientation of the digital bookclip with respect to the printed document and the beginning location and the end location of the digital bookclip captured when the digital bookclip is aligned with the printed document; and
retrieving the portion of the digital representation of the printed document.
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Abstract
The described embodiments present a system and method for obtaining a portion of a digital document from a printed version of the document. Locations where a smart pen device interacts with a digital bookclip aligned relative the printed document are identified via coordinate sets. A digital document associated with the printed document and the coordinate sets from the smart pen device and digital bookclip are used to identify locations in the digital documents corresponding to locations in the printed document. Data from the identified locations in the digital documents is retrieved and presented to a user and can then be copied, saved, mailed electronically, and/or printed to a new paper document.
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23 Claims
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1. A pen-based computing system for digitally capturing content from a printed document comprising one or more pages of printed data, the printed document associated with a document identifier, the system comprising:
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a digital bookclip comprising a physical material encoded with a pattern, the physical material distinct from the printed document; a smart pen device comprising; an imaging system configured to capture an interaction of the smart pen device with the digital bookclip by reading the encoded pattern of the digital bookclip, the smart pen device capturing a beginning location on the digital bookclip corresponding to a beginning of the interaction and an end location on the digital bookclip corresponding to an end of the interaction; a database storing a digital representation of the printed document; and a memory storing computer program code configured to be executed by a processor coupled to the smart pen device, the computer program code including instructions for; accessing the digital representation of the printed document from the database using the document identifier, determining a vertical or horizontal orientation of the digital bookclip with respect to the printed document; receiving the captured beginning and end locations corresponding to the interaction of the smart pen with the digital bookclip; identifying a selected first portion of the digital representation of the printed document based on the determined orientation of the digital bookclip with respect to the printed document and the beginning location and the end location of the digital bookclip captured when the digital bookclip is aligned with the printed document; and retrieving the portion of the digital representation of the printed document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for digitally capturing content from a printed document comprising one or more pages of printed data, the printed document associated with a document identifier, and a page of the printed document aligned with a digital bookclip in a predetermined manner, the method comprising:
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receiving the document identifier associated with the printed document; determining a vertical or horizontal orientation of the digital bookclip with respect to the printed document, wherein the digital bookclip comprises a physical material encoded with a pattern, the physical material distinct from the printed document; using an imaging system of a data clipping device, capturing a beginning location on the digital bookclip corresponding to a beginning of an interaction with the data clipping device and an end location on the digital bookclip corresponding to an end of the interaction with the data clipping device; identifying a selected portion of the page of the printed document based on the determined orientation of the digital bookclip with respect to the printed document and the beginning location and the end location of the interaction captured when the digital bookclip is aligned with the page of the printed document; communicating the selected portion of the page of the printed document and the document identifier to a digital document retrieval system, that is configured to located a digital document associated with the document identifier and retrieve a portion of the digital document associated with the portion of the page of the printed document; and receiving from the digital document retrieval system the portion of the digital document associated with the portion of the page of the printed document. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for obtaining a digital representation of a region of a printed document including one or more pages, the method comprising:
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receiving a document identifier associated with the printed document; capturing, by an image sensor of a smart pen, a sequence of characters during a single vertical gesture of the smart pen, the single vertical gesture of the smart pen intersecting a plurality of horizontally oriented text on the printed document, the sequence of characters below and within view of the smart pen device during the single vertical gesture; using optical character recognition to identify the sequence of characters captured during the single vertical gesture; retrieving a digital document associated with the document identifier; comparing the sequence of characters captured during the single vertical gesture with data included in the digital document; and responsive to finding a sequence of characters in the data of the digital document matching the sequence of characters captured during the single vertical gesture, retrieving a portion of the digital document corresponding to the plurality of lines of horizontally oriented text data on the printed document. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions configured to be executed by a processor coupled to a smart pen device, the instructions for digitally capturing content from a printed document comprising one or more pages of printed data, the printed document associated with a document identifier, the instructions including instructions for:
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receiving the document identifier associated with the printed document; determining a vertical or horizontal orientation of a digital bookclip with respect to the printed document, wherein the digital bookclip comprises a physical material encoded with a pattern, the physical material distinct from the printed document; identifying a selected portion of a page of the printed document based on the determined orientation of the digital bookclip and a beginning location and an end location of an interaction of a data clipping device with the digital bookclip captured when the digital bookclip is aligned with the page of the printed document; transmitting the selected portion of the page and the document identifier to a digital document store for locating a digital document associated with the document identifier. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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