Interactive flatbed scanner
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorsPaul Lapstun, Kia Silverbrook
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Abstract
A flatbed scanner comprises: a platen for supporting a substrate and a carriage for traversing across a surface. The carriage comprises a pagewidth scanhead for scanning a pre-printed graphic image and a pagewidth printhead for printing a position-coding pattern onto the surface. The flatbed scanner further comprises an ink supply and a processor configured for generating association data. The association data indicates an association between a scanned graphic image, an impression identity and a plurality of positions.
Claims15
A flatbed scanner comprising:
- a platen for supporting a substrate, said substrate having a surface bearing a pre-printed graphic image;
- a carriage for traversing across the surface, said carriage comprising:
- a pagewidth scanhead for scanning the pre-printed graphic image during a traverse of the surface;
- and
- a pagewidth printhead for printing a position-coding pattern onto said surface during said traverse, said position-coding pattern identifying an impression identity and a plurality of positions;
- an ink supply containing an ink for printing the position-coding pattern;
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- a processor configured for generating association data, said association data indicating an association between a scanned graphic image, the impression identity and the plurality of positions,
- wherein said impression identity is initially unassociated with said pre-printed graphic image.
A system for conferring interactivity on a pre-printed graphic image, said system comprising:
- (A) a flatbed scanner comprising:
- a platen for supporting a substrate, said substrate having a surface bearing a pre-printed graphic image;
- a carriage for traversing across the surface, said carriage comprising:
- a pagewidth scanhead for scanning the pre-printed graphic image during a traverse of the surface;
- and
- a pagewidth printhead for printing a position-coding pattern onto said surface during said traverse, said position-coding pattern identifying an impression identity and a plurality of positions;
- an ink supply containing an ink for printing the position-coding pattern;
- a processor configured for generating association data indicating an association between a scanned graphic image, the impression identity and the plurality of positions;
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- communication means for communicating the association data to a computer system;
- and
- (B) the computer system configured for:
- receiving the association data;
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- storing a page description for said scanned graphic image, said page description being indexed with said impression identity
- wherein said page description is retrievable so as to confer interactivity on the graphic image, and
- wherein said impression identity is initially unassociated with said pre-printed graphic image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.