WO2003091032A1 - Dispositif d'impression raccordable a un stylo numerique - Google Patents

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WO2003091032A1
WO2003091032A1 PCT/SE2003/000322 SE0300322W WO03091032A1 WO 2003091032 A1 WO2003091032 A1 WO 2003091032A1 SE 0300322 W SE0300322 W SE 0300322W WO 03091032 A1 WO03091032 A1 WO 03091032A1
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printer device
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Alex Alejandro BRETON
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Print Dreams Europe Ab
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
    • G06F3/03—Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
    • G06F3/033—Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user, e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor
    • G06F3/039—Accessories therefor, e.g. mouse pads
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J3/00—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed
    • B41J3/44—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms having dual functions or combined with, or coupled to, apparatus performing other functions
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
    • G06F3/03—Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
    • G06F3/033—Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user, e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor
    • G06F3/0354—Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user, e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor with detection of 2D relative movements between the device, or an operating part thereof, and a plane or surface, e.g. 2D mice, trackballs, pens or pucks
    • G06F3/03545—Pens or stylus

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  • the invention relates to a combined printer device and digital pen, of the kind apparent from the attached claim 1.
  • this digital pen In order to use this digital pen, a special paper is needed, on which the Anoto pattern is printed, consisting of very small dots slightly displaced from a grid structure. A tiny section of the pattern gives the exact location on the full pattern. As the user writes or draws on this paper using the digital pen, the pen creates a digital trace of whatever the user does. The information is stored in the pen until the user forwards it from the digital pen directly to a nearby personal computer. The information may be forwarded by means of BluetoothTM.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a combined printer device and digital pen, connectable to each other, and thereby enabling a user to write whatever he or she wants to, and further to send the written texts to any mobile phone or computer in an easy manner.
  • the printer device includes an interface for mechanical coupling as well as electrical direct contact with the digital pen. This enables information exchange between the devices.
  • the printer device may for example use the navigation information obtained by the digital pen, which makes it possible to manufacture a very simple printer device, containing basically only a printer head.
  • the printer device includes a memory for storing different templates.
  • This feature makes it possible to store a number of templates to be used for a number of different applications. Thereby one and the same writing pad may be used for all the different applications. Examples of such templates are as a fax template, an e-mail template, and an SMS template.
  • the printer device and/or the digital pen includes a memory including bar codes, the bar codes corresponding to different commands to be sent by means of the digital pen.
  • This feature provides a simple way to instruct the digital pen to, for example, send a message.
  • the user simply scans the bar code by means of the digital pen, which then interprets and effectuates the command included in the bar code.
  • the printer device includes one or more sensors for sensing the position of the printer device. This feature gives an alternative way to provide the printer device with positioning information, for example when the specially designed Anoto paper is not being used.
  • Fig. la shows an embodiment of the invention, including a printer device and a digital pen, from a top view.
  • Figs, lb and lc show the embodiment of the invention shown in fig. la from a side view.
  • small and wireless printers easy to bring along, are desirable.
  • One such small and wireless printer is the one invented by the same inventor as the present invention, described in the pending patent application SE 0104383-5, and incorporated herein by reference.
  • a printer device 1 including, in this embodiment, only an ink cartridge 4 and a print head 5.
  • the print head 5 could for example be an ordinary ink jet printer, where several nozzles under the influence of microprocessor controlled electrical signals eject tiny ink drops, which then build up a predetermined pattern.
  • a bubble jet print head could be used, or any other suitable print head.
  • the housing 6 of the printer device 1 has an opening (indicated at 13) at one end, where the print head 5 is situated in order to be able to print on a surface in question.
  • the print head 5 could of course be located at any suitable location on the underside of the printer device 1.
  • a digital pen 2 is also shown in figs, la-lc, available from Anoto, which is a subsidiary of C Technologies. As described above in the introduction, the digital pen 2 is utilised for printing on a specially designed paper, the paper being provided with an absolute position coding pattern, comprising dots or markings.
  • the digital pen 2 includes an optical sensor 8, which registers this pattern.
  • a CPU 9 uses a mathematical algorithm to calculate the absolute position of the digital pen 2 in the form of coordinates by means of the absolute position coding pattern.
  • the digital pen 2 includes some kind of power supply, preferably a battery 12.
  • the digital pen 2, the specially designed paper and a navigation method is thoroughly described in the International Patent Applications WO 01/75781 and WO 01/75783, respectively.
  • the digital pen 2 By means of the digital pen 2, looking like an ordinary ballpoint pen, together with the Anoto patterned paper, a user is enabled to store and transmit basically anything he or she writes or draws to anywhere in the world.
  • the main parts of the digital pen 2 are a digital camera, or a sensor 8, an advanced image-processing unit, or a CPU 9, and a BluetoothTM radio transceiver 11. It also contains an ink cartridge (not shown) so that the user can actually see what he or she has written or drawn.
  • the ink cartridge is however not necessary at all, the digital pen works perfectly well anyway, with the obvious disadvantage that the user is not able to see what has been written.
  • the dots of the specially designed paper, the Anoto pattern are illuminated by an infrared light, making them visible for the sensors 8.
  • Digital snapshots are taken of the pattern.
  • the CPU 9 calculates, in real-time, the exact position of the digital pen 2 on the Anoto proprietary pattern.
  • snapshots are compared and information about how the digital pen 2 is held is also gathered and stored. All the data from the image processor 9 is packaged and loaded into the pen memory 10, which can store several fully written pages .
  • the digital pen 2 includes a BluetoothTM transceiver 11.
  • the information is transmitted by means of the BluetoothTM transceiver 11, either directly to a computer, or forwarded via an intermediate device (for example a mobile phone, a personal computer or handheld device) to a Paper Look-up Service, a server interpreting information sent by the digital pen.
  • an intermediate device for example a mobile phone, a personal computer or handheld device
  • the digital pen 2 and the printer device 1 are both provided with an interface 3 for mechanical and electrical contact with each other.
  • the printer device 1 is thus connectable to the digital pen 2 by means of the interface 3, including mechanical coupling means as well as electrical direct contact means in order to enable the exchange of information with the digital pen 2.
  • the printer device 1 may use the navigation information provided by the sensor 8, the navigation information being available from the memory 10 of the digital pen 2.
  • the tip 14 of the digital pen 2 has to be covered. Otherwise the digital pen 2 would, of course, also be printing.
  • This coverage could be solved in a number of ways, the simplest solution being a mechanical cover or hood.
  • the cover or hood could include a string attached to either the printer device 1 or to the digital pen 2, and to the cover or hood. In this way, the cover or hood is always available when needed.
  • Another way to inhibit the unwanted simultaneous use of the digital pen 2 could be to cut off the ink supply. Yet other ways to inhibit that the digital pen 2 is being used simultaneously with the printer device 1 are of course also conceivable.
  • the housing 6 of the printer device 1 should further be provided with some kind of distance elements. These distance elements are used to create a little space beneath the print head 5, in order for it to print properly.
  • the distance elements can be very simple and rather small, and be made of plastic, for example.
  • the housing 6 is designed so that the print head 5 is fastened within the housing 6 in a way that a space is created beneath it.
  • Protruding supports 16 could for example be included, on which the print head 5 rests.
  • the printer device 1 could also be provided with its own sensors 7, for sensing the position of the print head 5. These sensors 7 could be used as a complement to, or at some instances instead of, the sensor 8 of the digital pen 2. If optosensors are used in the printer device 1, the characteristics of a printout surface can be sensed. Thereby, with the aid of a microprocessor, for example the CPU 9 of the digital pen 2, a determination of the position of the print head 5, the speed, acceleration and direction and/or other parameters can be obtained. In fig. lb the printer device 1 is shown to include two sensors 7. However, one sensor 7 only is enough, in case only linear movements need to be sensed. More than two sensors could also be used, but would lead to an increase in manufacturing cost.
  • the sensors 7 are situated in openings in the housing 6, where they are able to determine the current position of the print head 5.
  • An example of sensors that can be used in the printer device 1 is Agilent Sensors ADCS-1120 or ADCA-2120, available from Agilent Technologies .
  • the sensor 8 of the digital pen 2 is used, since the printer device in that case can be made very simple, containing only the print head 5 and electrical and mechanical coupling means to said digital pen 2. Thereby a printer device 1 that is less expensive to manufacture can be provided.
  • a microprocessor could also be included in the printer device 1, within the housing 6. The main task of this microprocessor (not shown) would then be to control the printing functions of the printer device 1, that is, the print head 5 and the sensors 7.
  • SE 0102542-8 assigned to the same applicant as the present application and included hereby by reference, an algorithm is described for calculating the locations of the individual nozzles of the print head 5 in relation to the sensors 7.
  • the combined printer device 1 and digital pen 2 may be used in a variety of applications, a number of which will now be described.
  • the printer device 1 may be provided with a memory (not shown) including these different templates.
  • the templates could alternatively be stored in the memory 10 of the digital pen 2.
  • the templates may include a template for printing an e-mail, another for printing a fax, yet another for printing SMS, and still another for printing bar codes.
  • the user thus utilises the printer device 1 in order to print a template, and accordingly only needs one writing pad including the Anoto papers. Thereafter he or she uses the digital pen 2 to write for example an e-mail, which then can be sent by means of a mobile phone including a BluetoothTM transceiver.
  • the different Anoto paper templates described above includes a number of check boxes.
  • One such check box is the "message” check box.
  • This check box is marked with a cross or the like by the user, and is thereafter registered by the sensor 8 of the digital pen 2. The text following this marked check box should be interpreted as the message that the user wishes to send.
  • Another check box is marked with "address”, which obviously is the address to the desired receiver.
  • Yet another check box is marked with "send”, which check box should be marked when the user wishes to send the e-mail, or fax or whatever kind of message the user wishes to send.
  • all such check boxes could be written by the printer device 1, or, more preferably, be exchanged for bar codes fulfilling the same task.
  • the bar codes are included in the different templates stored in the printer device 1 or the digital pen 2.
  • the printer device 1 may be used to print the Anoto pattern.
  • the printer device (1) may be used in order to print out information retrieved by the digital pen (2) . That is, the digital pen (2) receives, by means of the BluetoothTM receiver 11, information from another Bluetooth enabled device, such as a mobile phone or a computer, and transfers this information by means of the interface (3) to the printer device (1) .
  • the printer device (1) may thus print the retrieved information on any desired printout surface, not being restricted to the specially designed Anoto paper.
  • the retrieved information may be any kind of information, it can, for example, consist of the user's e-mails, facsimiles or Internet contents.
  • the present invention has been described in connection with the digital pen provided by Anoto. It will however be appreciated that the printer device according to the present invention may be used in connection with other digital pens as well, the digital pens using other positioning methods.

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Abstract

La présente invention se rapporte à un dispositif d'impression (1) pouvant être raccordé à un stylo numérique (2) par l'intermédiaire d'une interface (3). L'interface (3) permet le raccordement mécanique et électrique du dispositif d'impression (1) au stylo numérique (2), ledit stylo numérique (2) comprenant un capteur (8) conçu pour détecter la position du stylo numérique (2) sur ladite surface d'impression, et les informations de navigation obtenues sont transférées au dispositif d'impression (1) par l'intermédiaire de ladite interface (3).
PCT/SE2003/000322 2002-04-24 2003-02-26 Dispositif d'impression raccordable a un stylo numerique WO2003091032A1 (fr)

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US6971806B2 (en) 2003-07-28 2005-12-06 Wessells Philip G Apparatus, method, and computer program product for pad transfer
US6975827B2 (en) 2003-07-28 2005-12-13 Wessells Philip G Apparatus and method for image capture and pad transfer
US7101097B2 (en) 2003-07-28 2006-09-05 Wessells Philip G Apparatus and method for pad printing

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WO2001016691A1 (fr) * 1999-08-30 2001-03-08 Anoto Ab Bloc-notes
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WO2001016691A1 (fr) * 1999-08-30 2001-03-08 Anoto Ab Bloc-notes
WO2001061631A1 (fr) * 2000-02-16 2001-08-23 Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) Stylo d'impression
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US6971806B2 (en) 2003-07-28 2005-12-06 Wessells Philip G Apparatus, method, and computer program product for pad transfer
US6975827B2 (en) 2003-07-28 2005-12-13 Wessells Philip G Apparatus and method for image capture and pad transfer
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