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Recording of information
Assignee: Anoto AB
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Filing: 2000-05-26
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Granted: 2003-01-07
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Expires: 2020-05-26
Abstract
Abstract A product which is intended to be used in connection with the recording of information has a surface on which there are a plurality of information alternatives which each have an associated code area. The surface is further provided with a two-dimensional position code which codes coordinates for a plurality of positions on the surface; which is unrelated to the information to be recorded and which enables recording of a desired information alternative by reading the position code for a position in the code area associated with the desired information alternative.The product can advantageously be used in restaurants, when booking trips, making hotel reservations and the like.A system for recording information, as well as a method and software for making the product are also described.
Inventors
- 👤 Christer Fåhraeus
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 14:51
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/03; G06F3/033; G06F3/0354; G06F3/03545; G06F3/0304; G06F3/0317; G06F3/0321; G09; G09F; G09F23/00; G09F23/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
94 words
A product intended to be used in connection with the recording of information and having a surface on which there are a plurality of different information alternatives, each having an associated code area, wherein the surface is provided with a two-dimensional position code which codes coordinates for a plurality of positions on the surface in said code areas and is unrelated to the information to be recorded, said surface permitting recording of a desired information alternative by reading the position code for a position in the code area associated with the desired information alternative.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
94 words
A product intended to be used in connection with the recording of information and having a surface on which there are a plurality of different information alternatives, each having an associated code area, wherein the surface is provided with a two-dimensional position code which codes coordinates for a plurality of positions on the surface in said code areas and is unrelated to the information to be recorded, said surface permitting recording of a desired information alternative by reading the position code for a position in the code area associated with the desired information alternative.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
46 words
A product according to claim 1 , wherein said position code codes the coordinates for a plurality of positions in at least one code area, so that the associated information alternative can be recorded by reading an arbitrary position in said at least one code area.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
A product according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the position code overlaps at least one of the information alternatives.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
A product according to claim 1 , wherein the position code extends across the entire surface.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
60 words
A product according to claim 1 , wherein the position code is based on a first string of symbols containing a first predetermined number of symbols and having the characteristic that if a second predetermined number of symbols is removed from the first string of symbols, the location of the symbols in the first string of symbols is unambiguously determined.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
A product according to claim 5 , wherein the position code is further based on a second string of symbols having the same characteristic as the first string of symbols.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
34 words
A product according to claim 1 , wherein the position code has the characteristic that each arbitrary partial surface having a predetermined size on the surface and containing the position code defines a position.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
65 words
A product according to claim 1 , wherein the position code is made up of symbols representing at least two different values, wherein each symbol comprises a raster point which is included in a raster extending across the surface, and at least one marking; and wherein the value of each symbol is indicated by the position of said marking in relation to a raster point.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
A product according to claim 1 , wherein the position code is a subset of a greater position code.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
14 words
A product according to claim 1 , wherein the position code is optically readable.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
16 words
A product according to claim 1 , wherein the product has the form of a sheet.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
16 words
A product according to claim 1 , wherein the information alternatives are stated using written characters.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
39 words
A product according to claim 1 , wherein said surface is provided with at least one writing area and wherein said position code overlaps the writing area and codes coordinates for a plurality of positions in the writing area.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
28 words
A product according to claim 13 , wherein said writing area is associated with an information alternative and constitutes part of the code area of the information alternative.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
35 words
A product according to claim 1 , wherein the position code in each code area identifies a field on the surface, in which the information unit with which the position code is associated is reproduced.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
69 words
A system for recording information, said system comprising: a product according to claim 1 ; and a device for recording one of said plurality of information alternatives, said device including: a sensor for reading the position code in the code area associated with said information alternative, and processor means executing software for interpreting the read code in order to identify the position which corresponds to the read position code.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
26 words
A system according to claim 16 , wherein said device further executes software for identifying the recorded information unit on the basis of the identified position.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
26 words
A system according to claim 16 or 17 , further comprising a memory structure for storing an information unit for each code area on the surface.
Claim 20
Independent Claim
84 words
A method for making a product for recording information, comprising steps of: creating a surface with a two-dimensional position code, which codes coordinates for a plurality of positions on the surface; applying a plurality of information alternatives which are unrelated to the position code on the surface; determining, for each information alternative, a code area in which reading of the position code is to result in recording of this information alternative; and associating this code area with the information alternative in a memory structure.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
84 words
A method for making a product for recording information, comprising steps of: creating a surface with a two-dimensional position code, which codes coordinates for a plurality of positions on the surface; applying a plurality of information alternatives which are unrelated to the position code on the surface; determining, for each information alternative, a code area in which reading of the position code is to result in recording of this information alternative; and associating this code area with the information alternative in a memory structure.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
19 words
A storage medium for a computer, on which software for carrying out the steps according claim 19 is stored.
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