Handheld Printing With Reference Indicia
OwnerGary Lee Noe, William Henry Reedinventors
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Abstract
Hand-held printers are disclosed that include a housing, a printhead, a controller and at least one position sensor to capture location data as the printer is manually moved across the media. In the described embodiments, the controller uses location data received from the one or more sensors to discern the printer location and reference indicia are used to direct a user to move the printer in a given direction.
Claims20
A method of printing an image with a handheld printer, comprising:
- providing a reference indicia on a media;
- determining whether the printer is lost relative to the image;
- and
- if lost, positioning the printer over the reference indicia to reacquire printer location.
A method of printing an image with a handheld printer to be manipulated back and forth by an operator during use, comprising:
- providing a media;
- providing a reference indicia on the media with a location pattern and a guide pattern;
- and
- using the guide pattern of the reference indicia to direct the printer to the location pattern of the reference indicia to reacquire printer location.
A method of printing an image on a media with a handheld printer to be manipulated back and forth by an operator over the media during use, comprising:
- providing a reference indicia on the media;
- and
- traversing over the reference indicia to ascertain printer location.
A handheld printer to be manipulated back and forth by an operator over a media during use to print an image on the media, comprising:
- a hand maneuverable housing for the operator;
- a direction indicator with the housing;
- an inkjet printhead in the housing to print the image;
- a controller communicating with the printhead to cause printing or not;
- and
- a position sensor communicating with the controller to provide a location of the printhead during use,
- wherein the controller correlates the location of the printhead to the image and when lost communicates to the direction indicator to provide user notification of where to move the housing to reacquire the location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.