Method and apparatus for assisting the reading of a document

A method of assisting the reading of a document by displaying upon it a chronologic sequence of pointing gestures, comprising imaging the document and tracking the movement of a pointer over the document to associate that movement with the imaged document as the said sequence, and displaying the sequence in association with a reproduction of the same document.

A document on a two dimensional medium comprising a computer-readable representation of a chronologic sequence of pointing gestures associated with the document.

A photograph on a two dimensional medium comprising a computer-readable representation of a chronologic sequence of pointing gestures associated with the photograph.

Apparatus for assisting the reading of a paper document, comprising means for imaging the paper document to form an imaged document and for tracking the movement of a pointer over the paper document to associate that movement with the imaged document as a chronologic sequence of pointing gestures, and means for displaying said chronologic sequence in association with a reproduction of the same document.

Apparatus for assisting the reading of a paper document, comprising means for imaging the paper document to form an imaged document and for tradking the movement of a pointer over the paper document to associate that movement with the imaged document as a chronologic sequence of pointing gestures, and means for displaying said chronologic sequence on a reproduction on paper of the same document.

Apparatus for assisting the reading of a document by displaying upon it a chronologic sequence of pointing gestures, comprising optical apparatus for imaging the document to form an imaged document, and for tracking the movement of a pointer over the document, a processor responsive to said optical apparatus to associate said movement with said imaged document as said sequence, and computer apparatus for displaying said sequence in association with a reproduction of the same document.

A method of assisting the reading of a document by displaying upon it a chronologic sequence of pointing gestures, comprising imaging, at a first location, the document and tracking the movement of a pointer over the document to associate that movement with the imaged document as the said sequence, and displaying, at a second location remote from said first location, the sequence in association with a reproduction of the same document.

Apparatus for assisting the reading of a paper document, comprising optical apparatus for imaging the paper document to form an imaged document and for tracking the movement of a pointer over the paper document to associate that movement with the imaged document as a chronologic sequence of pointing gestures, and computer apparatus for displaying said chronologic sequence in association with a reproduction of the same document.

Apparatus for assisting the reading of a paper document, comprising optical apparatus for imaging the paper document to form an imaged document and for tracking the movement of a pointer over the paper document to associate that movement with the imaged document as a chronologic sequence of pointing gestures, and computer apparatus for displaying said chronologic sequence on a reproduction on paper of the same document.