Print media with attached data storage and method of storing data thereon
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsDavid Neil Slatter, James Thomas Edward McDonnell
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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.
Claims18
An index print, comprising:
- a substrate;
- a plurality of index images printed with low resolution on the substrate;
- and
- a plurality of memory tags coupled to the substrate;
- wherein each memory tag has storage capacity to store a high resolution copy of an image;
- wherein at least one of the plurality of index images is associated with a memory tag, wherein the memory tag associated with at least one of the plurality of index images is configured to store a high resolution copy of the index image it is associated with;
- and
- wherein one of the plurality of memory tags is configured to store at least one of a list of index images, respective locations of the index images, and locations of the memory tags associated with at least one of the plurality of index images.
A print medium, comprising:
- 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 has storage capacity to store a high resolution copy of an image;
- wherein the printable surface comprises a plurality of index images that are printed with low resolution and a memory tag is associated with at least one of the index images, wherein the memory tag associated with at least one of the index images is configured to store a high resolution copy of the index image it is associated with;
- wherein one of the plurality of memory tags is configured to store at least one of a list of index images, respective locations of the index images, and locations of the memory tags associated with at least one of the plurality of index images.
A method of storing data concerning a plurality of index 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, wherein each memory tag has storage capacity to store a high resolution copy of an index image, the method comprising the steps of:
- printing a plurality of index images onto the substrate, each index image adjacent to a memory tag, wherein the plurality of index images are printed with low resolution;
- for at least one of the index images, storing data associated with the respective index image in the memory tag adjacent to it, said data including the respective index image at high resolution;
- printing a border onto the substrate, said border being printed proximate to a memory tag that is configured to store at least one of a list of index images, respective locations of the index images, and locations of the memory tags associated with at least one of the plurality of index images.
A method of storing data concerning a plurality of images comprising the steps of:
- printing a plurality of visible index images onto a substrate, wherein the plurality of visible index images are printed with low resolution;
- applying a memory tag, comprising a passive electronic memory, to the substrate adjacent to at least one of the visible index images, wherein each memory tag has storage capacity to store a high resolution copy of an image;
- applying a memory tag adjacent to a border, wherein the memory tag adjacent to the border is configured to store at least one of a list of index images, respective locations of the index images, and locations of the memory tags associated with at least one of the plurality of visible index images;
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- for each visible index image adjacent to which a memory tag has been applied, storing data associated with the visible index image in the memory tag adjacent to it, said data including the respective visible index image at high resolution.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.