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AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorsKia Silverbrook, Paul Lapstun, Simon Robert Walmsley
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A method of facilitating an interaction between a user and a product item, the product item having an identity and the method including a number of steps. The first step involves providing the user with an interface surface associated with the product item and containing information relating to the product item. The interface surface includes coded data indicative of the identity of the product item and of a number of reference points of the interface surface. The next step involves receiving, in a computer system, indicating data from a sensing device regarding the identity of the product item and a position of the sensing device relative to the interface surface. The sensing device, when placed in an operative position relative to the interface surface, sensing the coded data in the vicinity of the sensing device and generating the indicating data using the sensed coded data. The next step involves facilitating, in the computer system and with reference to the indicating data, the interaction between the user and the product item.
A method of facilitating an interaction between a user and a product item, the product item having an identity and the method including the steps of:
A method of facilitating an interaction between a user and a product item, the product item having an identity and the method including the steps of:
A method of facilitating an interaction between a user and a product item, the product item having an identity and the method including the steps of:
A system for facilitating an interaction between a user and a product item, the product item having an identity and the system including:
A system for facilitating an interaction between a user and a product item, the product item having an identity and the system including
A system for facilitating an interaction between a user and a product item, the product item having an identity and the system including:
An interactive product item adapted for interaction with a user via a sensing device and a computer system, and comprising:
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With detection of two-dimensional [2D] relative movements between the device, or an operating part thereof, and a plane or surface, e.g. 2D…
In co-operation with a patterned surface, e.g. absolute position or relative movement detection for an optical mouse or pen positioned with…: by…
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This invention relates to unique object identification and, in particular, to methods and systems for identifying and interacting with objects.
Various methods, systems and apparatus relating to the present invention are disclosed in the following U.S. applications co-filed by the applicant or assignee of the present invention:
U.S. Ser. No. ______ entitled “Orientation-Indicating Cyclic Position Codes” (docket number NPT019US);
Preferred and other embodiments of the invention will now be described, by way of non-limiting example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a schematic of a the relationship between a sample printed netpage and its online page description;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a interaction between a netpage pen, a Web terminal, a netpage printer, a netpage relay, a netpage page server, and a netpage application server, and a Web server;
Note: Memjet™ is a trade mark of Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd, Australia.
In the preferred embodiment, the invention is configured to work with the netpage networked computer system, a detailed overview of which follows. It will be appreciated that not every implementation will necessarily embody all or even most of the specific details and extensions discussed below in relation to the basic system. However, the system is described in its most complete form to reduce the need for external reference when attempting to understand the context in which the preferred embodiments and aspects of the present invention operate.
In brief summary, the preferred form of the netpage system employs a computer interface in the form of a mapped surface, that is, a physical surface which contains references to a map of the surface maintained in a computer system. The map references can be queried by an appropriate sensing device. Depending upon the specific implementation, the map references may be encoded visibly or invisibly, and defined in such a way that a local query on the mapped surface yields an unambiguous map reference both within the map and among different maps. The computer system can contain information about features on the mapped surface, and such information can be retrieved based on map references supplied by a sensing device used with the mapped surface. The information thus retrieved can take the form of actions which are initiated by the computer system on behalf of the operator in response to the operator's interaction with the surface features.