Printed matter, information acquiring method, information acquiring system, information resource and computer-oriented program

An information acquiring method comprising:

• reading a coded image from a printed matter by a reading device and restoring a second set of information and output control information from said coded image read by said reading device, said printed matter comprising a first set of information containing at least one of characters, signs, graphics, painted pictures, photographic pictures and computer graphic printed in a form of visually readable and said second set of information obtained by coding data and printed in a form of said coded image optically readable to said reading device, said second set of information being different from said first set of information, said coded image further including said output control information for making an output unit of an access device output information for necessary inputting instructions for causing said access device to perform a sequence of operation of accessing an external information resource, obtaining a third set of information different from said first and second sets of information from the information resource and making said output unit output said obtained third set of information in a perceivable form at the time of the operation of said reading device of optically reading out said coded image, restoring said second set of information from the read out coded image and making said output unit of said access device adapted to access the external information resource by way of a telecommunication network output said restored second set of information in a perceivable form;
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• outputting said restored second set of information in a form perceivable from said output unit and also said information for inputting instructions necessary for the above operation on the basis of said restored output control information from said output unit.

An information acquiring system comprising:

• a reading device for optically reading a coded image from a printed matter comprising a first set of information containing at least one of characters, signs, graphics, painted pictures, photographic pictures and computer graphic printed in a form of visually readable and a second set of information obtained by coding data and printed in a form of said coded image optically readable to said reading device, said second set of information being different from said first set of information, wherein said coded image further including output control information for making an output unit of an access device output information for necessary inputting instructions for causing said access device to perform a sequence of operation of accessing an external information resource, obtaining a third set of information different from said first and second sets of information from the information resource and making said output unit output said obtained third set of information in a perceivable form at the time of the operation of said reading device of optically reading out said coded image, restoring said second set of information from the read out coded image and making said output unit of said access device adapted to access the external information resource by way of a telecommunication network output said restored second set of information in a perceivable form;
• a restoring unit for restoring said second set of information and said output control information from said coded image read by said reading device;
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• a control unit for outputting said restored second set of information in a form perceivable from said output unit and also said information for inputting instructions necessary for the above operation on the basis of said restored output control information from said output unit.

An information resource to be used with a printed matter comprising a first set of information containing at least one of characters, signs, graphics, painted pictures, photographic pictures and computer graphic printed in a form of visually readable and a second set of information obtained by coding data and printed in a form of a coded image optically readable to a reading device, said second set of information being different from said first set of information, wherein said coded image further including output control information for making an output unit of an access device output information for necessary inputting instructions for causing said access device to perform a sequence of operation of accessing said information resource, obtaining a third set of information different from said first and second sets of information from said information resource and making said output unit output said obtained third set of information in a perceivable form at the time of the operation of said reading device of optically reading out said coded image, restoring said second set of information from the read out coded image and making said output unit of said access device adapted to access said information resource by way of a telecommunication network output said restored second set of information in a perceivable form, said second set of information and said output control information being restored as a result of reading said coded image;

• said restored second set of information being output in a form perceivable from said output unit, said information for inputting instructions necessary for said operation being output by said output unit according to said restored output control information;
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• said information resource being accessed by said access device by way of a telecommunication network by utilizing said information for inputting instructions necessary for said operation output by said output unit,
• said information resource comprising:
• a communication unit for communicating with said access device by way of said telecommunication network;
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• a memory unit for storing said third set of information corresponding to said information for inputting instructions necessary for said operation.

A program for causing a computer to realize:

• a function of reading a coded image from a printed matter by a reading device and restoring a second set of information and output control information from said coded image read by said reading device, said printed matter comprising a first set of information containing at least one of characters, signs, graphics, painted pictures, photographic pictures and computer graphic printed in a form of visually readable and said second set of information obtained by coding data and printed in a form of said coded image optically readable to said reading device, said second set of information being different from said first set of information, said coded image further including said output control information for making an output unit of an access device output information for necessary inputting instructions for causing said access device to perform a sequence of operation of accessing an external information resource, obtaining a third set of information different from said first and second sets of information from the information resource and making said output unit output said obtained third set of information in a perceivable form at the time of the operation of said reading device of optically reading out said coded image, restoring said second set of information from the read out coded image and making said output unit of said access device adapted to access the external information resource by way of a telecommunication network output said restored second set of information in a perceivable form;
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• a function of outputting said restored second set of information in a form perceivable from said output unit and also said information for inputting instructions necessary for the above operation on the basis of said restored output control information from said output unit.