Graphic symbols and method and system for identification of same
OwnerFrancis Olschafskie, Allan Chasanoffinventors
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Abstract
A system combines and integrates the graphic symbols of a document with spatial symbology. A scanning device, such as an optical scanner, and a microprocessor in communication with the scanning device enable a user to retrieve and manipulate desired sections of the document for later use or physical electronic production.
Claims57
A system for recording and reproducing graphic symbols, the system comprising:
- an optical scanning device;
- a plurality of graphic symbols, the graphic symbols each including spatial symbology embedded within the graphic symbol for detection by the optical scanning device, wherein the spatial symbology is different from the graphic symbol;
- and
- a processor in communication with the optical scanning device for identifying graphic symbols indicated by the spatial symbology.
A graphic symbol for use with an optical scanning device, the graphic symbol comprising:
- a configuration which may be distinguished with a human eye;
- and
- spatial symbology embedded within the configuration detectable by the optical scanning device for the identification of the configuration, the spatial symbology being different from the graphic symbol.
A method for recording graphic symbols, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of graphic symbols, the graphic symbols including [a] spatial symbology embedded within the graphic symbols, wherein the spatial symbology is different from the graphic symbols;
- scanning the graphic symbols with an optical scanning device;
- creating a computer readable representation with the optical scanning device;
- transmitting the computer readable representation to a processor;
- identifying, in the processor, the spatial symbology in the computer representation;
- and
- identifying the graphic symbols corresponding to the spatial symbology.
A computer program product for recording and reproducing graphic symbols, the computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code including:
- program code for reading spatial symbology embedded in a computer readable representation of a graphic symbol, wherein the spatial symbology is different from the graphic symbol;
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- program code for identifying the graphic symbol, including program code for using the spatial symbology to select a corresponding graphic symbol.
A method for recording selected passages from written materials, the method comprising:
- providing a multiple page text, the text including a plurality of graphic symbols arranged in a plurality of paragraphs, the graphic symbols including a spatial symbology embedded within the graphic symbols, wherein the spatial symbology is different from the graphic symbols;
- scanning the graphic symbols corresponding to selected passages with an optical scanning device;
- creating a computer readable representation with the optical scanning device;
- transmitting the computer readable representation to a processor;
- identifying, in the processor, the spatial symbology in the computer readable representation;
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- creating a file of the selected passages from the multiple page text,
- recording oral annotations to the selected passages through the microphone.
A document for use with a note taking system, the document being in physical or electronic form and comprising:
- graphic symbols, the graphic symbols including configurations which may be distinguished with a human eye;
- and
- spatial symbology embedded within the configurations detectable by an optical scanning device, the spatial symbology being different from the graphic symbols.
A method for recording and reproducing graphic symbols, the method comprising:
- reading spatial symbology embedded in a computer readable representation of a graphic symbol, the spatial symbology being different from the graphic symbol;
- identifying the graphic symbol from the spatial symbology;
- using the spatial symbology to select a corresponding graphic symbol;
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- reproducing the identified graphic symbol.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.