US 2014/0176512 A1 · SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND MODIFYING PHYSICALLY TRANSIENT HANDWRITTEN DIGITAL DOCUMENTS

Abstract

A method, system, and apparatus for capturing information is disclosed. The method includes emitting energy of a first wavelength from a first energy source located proximate to a first end of a digital pen and forming a first set handwritten markings on the substrate by causing the substrate to image as a result of an exposure of the substrate to the energy emitted from the first energy source. The method also includes detecting by an image-capturing sensor of the digital pen a first detected portion of a position-identifying pattern on the substrate and storing in the memory a digital document file comprising the first set of handwritten markings and the first detected portion of the position-identifying data. An apparatus and system for performing the method is also disclosed.

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Dependent claims

An information capture system for a substrate having position-identifying pattern printed thereon and that comprises an imaging layer that is imageable when exposed to an energy emission of a first wavelength and erasable when exposed to an energy emission of a second wavelength, comprising:

a digital pen comprising a first end, a second end, an image-capturing sensor, a memory, and a first energy source that is capable of emitting energy of the first wavelength, the digital pen including program instructions that are capable of instructing the digital pen to:
emit energy from the first energy source when the first energy source is proximate to the substrate, in which the energy from the first energy source is capable of causing the substrate to form an image comprising a first set handwritten markings thereon,
detect by the image-capturing sensor a first detected portion of the position-identifying pattern, in which the first detected portion corresponds to a location of the first set of handwritten markings on the substrate, and
store in the memory a digital document file comprising the first set of handwritten markings and the first detected portion of the position-identifying pattern.

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A method of capturing information comprising:

emitting energy of a first wavelength from a first energy source located proximate to a first end of a digital pen, in which the energy is emitted when the first end of the digital pen is proximate to a substrate;
forming a an image comprising a first set handwritten markings on the substrate as a result of an exposure of the substrate to the energy emitted from the first energy source;
detecting by an image-capturing sensor of the digital pen a first detected portion of a position-identifying pattern on the substrate, in which the first detected portion corresponds to a location of the first set of handwritten markings on the substrate;
and
storing in the memory a digital document file comprising the first set of handwritten markings and the first detected portion of the position-identifying data.

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A digital pen comprising:

a housing;
a processor;
an image-capturing sensor;
a document memory for storing digital documents;
a first energy source that is capable of emitting energy of the first wavelength and is proximate to a first end of the housing;
and
a computer readable storage medium configured to store program instructions capable of instructing the processor to:
cause the first energy source to emit energy when the first end is proximate to the substrate, in which the energy from the first energy source is capable of causing the substrate to form an image comprising a first set handwritten markings thereon;
receive from the image-capturing sensor a first detected portion of a position-identifying pattern on the substrate and the first set of handwritten markings;
determine the location of the first set of handwritten markings on the substrate based on the first detected portion of the position-identifying pattern;
and
generate a digital document comprising the first set of handwritten markings and the first detected portion of the position-identifying pattern.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and method for creating and modifying physically transient handwritten digital documents

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System and method for creating and modifying physically transient handwritten digital documents

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