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Information input device, position information holding device, and position recognizing system including them

Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1994-03-11
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2014-03-11
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Abstract

Abstract An information input device (10) according to the application is characterized by comprising information writing section (11) for writing information on a writing medium (29), position recognizing section (12) for recognizing a position of the information writing section (11) on the writing medium (29), and information storing section (13) for storing information obtained from the position recognizing section (12).

Inventors

  • 👤 Akira C/O Intellectual Property Div. Morishita
  • 👤 Hiroshi C/O Intellectual Property Div. Mizoguchi

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 18:40
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/03; G06F3/033; G06F3/0354; G06F3/03542; G06F3/03545

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 33
Claim 1
Independent Claim 51 words
An information input device characterized by comprising: information writing means (11) for writing information on a writing medium; position recognizing means (12) for recognizing a position of said information writing means (11) on the writing medium; and information storing means (13) for storing information obtained from said position recognizing means (12).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 51 words
An information input device characterized by comprising: information writing means (11) for writing information on a writing medium; position recognizing means (12) for recognizing a position of said information writing means (11) on the writing medium; and information storing means (13) for storing information obtained from said position recognizing means (12).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 69 words
An information input device according to claim 1, characterized in that said information writing means (11) includes: a acceleration sensor (31) for detecting acceleration of said information writing means (11) during writing; a first integrator (32) for integrating said acceleration ad calculating a velocity of said information writing means (11); and a second integrator (33) for integrating said velocity and calculating a position of said information writing means (11).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 30 words
An information input device according to claim 1, characterized in that said information writing means (11) includes character recognizing means (21) for recognizing a character written on said writing medium.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 32 words
An information input device according to claim 1, characterized in that said position recognizing means (12) includes means for determining a position which said acceleration sensor (31) is activated is an origin.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 43 words
An information input device according to claim 1, characterized in that said information storing means (13) includes means for storing a information attribute code including width and density of a line and a writing information code which writing information is represented by code.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 27 words
An information input device according to claim 1, characterized in that said information writing means (11) includes means for detecting a position of said information input device.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 47 words
An information input device according to claim 1, characterized by further comprising: instruction means (15, 17) for giving instruction to perform a predetermined control; and control means (14) for controlling said information storing means (13) on the basis of an instruction of said instruction means (15, 17).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 32 words
An information input device according to claim 7, characterized by further comprising function selecting means (16) for selecting predetermined functions on the basis of the instruction of said instruction means (15, 17).
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 52 words
An information input device according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that said instruction means (15) includes at least one operating means (35 to 39); and said control means (14) has a plurality of access modes and includes means for controlling said information storing means (13) according to said access modes.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 33 words
An information input device according to claim 9, characterized in that said operating means (35 to 39) includes means for turning on or off of the power source of said information input device.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 31 words
An information input device according to claim 9, characterized in that said operating means (35 to 39) includes means for changing at least one of width of line and density thereof.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 48 words
An information input device according to claim 9, characterized in that said operating means (35 to 39) includes memory use amount setting means (38) for informing to a user when an use amount of said information storing means (13) is equal to or more than a predetermined value.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 33 words
An information input device according to claim 9, characterized in that said operating means (35 to 39) includes UNDO pointer setting means (39) for canceling information stored before a UNDO goiter is set.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 30 words
An information input device according to claim 9, characterized in that said operating means (35 to 39) includes means (35, 36) for storing a desired writing information as one file.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 29 words
An information input device according to claim 9, characterized in that said operating means (35 to 39) includes means (35, 36, 38) for adding identification information to said file.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 26 words
An information input device according to claim 9, characterized in that said operating means (35 to 39) includes means (35, 38) for canceling all writing information.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 40 words
An information input device according to any one of claim 7 to claim 16, characterized by further comprising display means (18) for displaying at least one of an access mode of said control means (14) and an operating content thereof.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 35 words
An information input device according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that said instruction means (15) includes inclination detecting means (17) for detecting an inclination state of a body of said information input device.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 42 words
An information input device according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that said control means (14) includes means for selecting one of a writing mode and an erasing mode on the basis of a detecting result of said inclination detecting means.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim 46 words
An information input device according to claim 1, characterized in that said control means (14) includes means retrieving writing information indicated by said information writing means (11) on the basis of information obtained from said position recognizing means (12), stored in said information storing means (13).
Claim 22
Dependent Claim 28 words
An information input device according to claim 1, characterized by further comprising information exchange means (19) for transmitting/receiving the writing information stored in said information storing means (13).
Claim 23
Dependent Claim 25 words
A position information holding device comprising a plurality of position information holding section (26) each having a position information which is different from each other.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim 25 words
A position information holding device comprising a plurality of position information holding section (26) each having a position information which is different from each other.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim 55 words
A position information holding device according to claim 22, characterized in that said position information holding device is formed into a sheet-like shape and is capable of dividing a plurality of said position information holding devices each including a plurality of said position information holding sections (26) and using each divided position information holding device.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim 117 words
A position recognizing system including a pen-like shape information input device (10) and a planar position information holding device (25), characterized in that said position information holding device (25) includes position information holding means (26) for holding a plurality of position information, and said information input device (10) includes: means (11) for detecting a position information, which is held by said information holding device (25), specified by a pen tip of said information input device (10); means (12) for obtaining an absolute position of said pen tip on said planar position information holding device according to a detected position information; and means (13) for storing the obtained absolute position as a trace information of said pen tip.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim 117 words
A position recognizing system including a pen-like shape information input device (10) and a planar position information holding device (25), characterized in that said position information holding device (25) includes position information holding means (26) for holding a plurality of position information, and said information input device (10) includes: means (11) for detecting a position information, which is held by said information holding device (25), specified by a pen tip of said information input device (10); means (12) for obtaining an absolute position of said pen tip on said planar position information holding device according to a detected position information; and means (13) for storing the obtained absolute position as a trace information of said pen tip.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim 23 words
A position recognizing system according to claim 24, characterized in that said plurality of position information include different position information from each other.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim 39 words
A position recognizing system according to claim 24, characterized in that said plurality of position information include a plurality set position information, each of which includes a predetermined number of said position information and is different from each other.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim 43 words
A position recognizing system according to claim 24, wherein one of said plurality of position information includes a plurality of bit information indicating position information and a plurality of bit information identifying a boundary between each position information and the other position information.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim 29 words
An information input device (10) according to claim 24, characterized by further comprising display device (30) for displaying motion state of said information input device (10) and writing information.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim 65 words
29, A position recognizing system according to claim 24 or 27, characterized in that said information input device (10) further includes information exchange means (19) for transmitting/receiving writing information among a plurality of said information input devices (10), and said position information holding device (25) further includes interface means (27) for connecting a plurality of said information exchange means of said information input devices (10).
Claim 33
Dependent Claim 40 words
A position recognizing system according to claim 24 or 27, characterized in that said position information holding device (25) includes a plurality of information combinations which are different combinations for adjacent position information in entire position information holding device (25).

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