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US 2007/0182725 A1Published application
Capturing Hand Motion
OwnerArkady Pittelinventor
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Abstract
A portable electronic device, a digital camera associated with the portable electronic device, and software configured to run on the portable electronic device and to derive handwriting and control information from hand motion of a writing instrument in the vicinity of the digital camera.
Claims16
1-26. (canceled)
A method comprising
- exposing a sensor of a digital camera directly to infrared light received from a writing instrument that is being subjected to hand motion on a writing surface, and
- in a device integrated with the digital camera and separate from the writing instrument and writing surface, processing data from the sensor to derive handwriting or control information based on the hand motion.
(canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.