Print media with attached data storage and method of storing data thereon
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorDavid Slatter
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Abstract
A print has a substrate and a plurality of memory tags coupled to the substrate. The print is an index print including a plurality of images and a memory tag is associated with each image for storage of data relating to that image. A print medium suitable for forming such a print has a substrate with a printable surface and a plurality of memory tags coupled thereto at locations spaced apart over the area of the substrate. Alternatively, memory tags may be applied to a printed print medium. Methods of providing printed images with associated stored data are described.
Claims20
A print having a substrate and a plurality of memory tags coupled to the substrate, wherein each memory tag comprises a passive electronic memory and wherein the print is an index print including a plurality of images and a memory tag is associated with at least some of the images for storage of data relating to the respective images adapted such that said data relating to the image includes the image in high resolution.
A print medium with associated data storage, the print medium including a substrate with a printable surface and a plurality of memory tags coupled thereto at locations spaced apart over the area of the substrate, wherein each memory tag comprises a passive electronic memory adapted to store an image at high resolution.
A method of storing data concerning a plurality of images, on a print medium including a substrate and a plurality of memory tags coupled thereto at locations spaced apart over the area of the substrate, each memory tag comprising a passive electronic memory, the method comprising the steps of:
- printing a plurality of visible images onto the substrate, each one adjacent to a memory tag;
- for at least some of the images storing data associated with the respective image in the memory tag adjacent to it, said data including the respective image at high resolution.
A method of storing data concerning a plurality of images comprising the steps of:
- printing a plurality of visible images onto a substrate;
- applying a memory tag, comprising a passive electronic memory, to the substrate adjacent to at least some of the images, and
- for each image adjacent to which a memory tag has been applied, storing data associated with the image in the memory tag adjacent to it, said data including the respective image at high resolution.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.