72 results about "Digital paper" patented technology

A method and system for collaborative annotation of a master document using a digital pen system is described. At least one hardcopy printout of the master document is printed on digital paper used with a digital pen system. The digital paper is associated with the electronic master document. Using the digital pen, annotations and edits may be made to the hardcopy representation. The digital pen system records the annotations and edits and updates the electronic document automatically.

A voting system including a plurality of ballots formed of digital paper each having a ballot form printed on a writing surface thereof and a unique identifier associated with each ballot. Data representing the ballot form and the location thereof relative to the writing surface is stored in the computer. A digital pen connectable to the computer is compatible with the digital paper for recording pen strokes made by the digital pen and the location of the pen strokes relative to the writing surface. The digital pen includes an ink dispensing tip for marking the writing surface according to the pen strokes. The computer is connectable to the digital pen for retrieving and storing the data representing the pen strokes for each ballot. Upon completion of a ballot, the computer compares the data representing the pen strokes with the ballot form data and determines the voter selections for the ballot.

An identification system includes several sheets formed of digital paper each having a unique identifier on a writing surface thereof. Each digital paper may have a form printed on the writing surface. Data representing the form and the location thereof relative to the writing surface is stored in a computer. A digital pen connectable to the computer is compatible with the digital paper for recording pen strokes made by the digital pen and the location of the pen strokes relative to the writing surface. The digital pen includes an ink dispensing tip for marking the writing surface according to the pen strokes. The computer is connectable to the digital pen for retrieving and storing the data representing the pen strokes for each sheet. Upon completion of a form, the computer compares the data representing the pen strokes with the form data and determines the user input to the form.

One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for providing an end user with a spatially-aware projector combined with a spatially-aware digital pen for use in a design environment. Paper documents are augmented to allow a user to access additional information and computational tools through projected interfaces. Virtual ink may be managed in single and multi-user environments to enhance collaboration and data management. The spatially-aware projector pen provides end-users with dynamic visual feedback and improved interaction capabilities.

The invention relates to a method for processing a digitalized paper card in the field of information processing, which comprises a paper card production stage and a paper card information reading stage, wherein the paper card production stage specifically comprises the following steps: reading a printed image of a produced paper card, such as a bus ticket, a ship ticket, an admission ticket of a public place and securities, and the additional information reflecting the purposes of the paper card; converting the additional information with a macro code or a micro code; and embedding the additional information in the printed image on the paper card to be printed and printing the paper card to obtain the digitalized paper card. The digitalized paper card information reading stage specifically comprises the following steps: reading the printed image of the digitalized paper card with a CCD, CMOD image sensor or a scanner; identifying the code value information of the macro code or the micro code; and controlling the opening or closing of a gate of an automatic ticket examiner according to a code value. Compared with a conventional magnetic card and an RFID card, the method has the characteristics of low system importing cost and easy popularization.

A medicine container is provided. The medicine container may include at least one closable compartment operable to accommodate a medicine; a memory operable to store data; and a display element including a digital paper operable to display medicine data.

A method and system are described for affecting the rate of introduction of a technological infrastructure including a digital pen and digital paper to establish a demand for a network of infrastructure dependent technological services. Revenues are collected from subscribers and a portion allocated to manufacturers and distributors. Production is increased based on the allocated portion revenues to increase the technological infrastructure including a position indicia reading stylus and a paper having a position defining indicia incorporated with a surface thereof. Services are provided and revenues collected through an intermediate service provider including a wireless service provider.

The system and method as described herein can be advantageously used in a plurality of scenarios, two of which include field markup and data collection and collaborative review. The system and method handles the allocation of digital paper pattern background and the creation of required page definition files embedded into digital paper enabled PDFs. Optionally, action palettes can be automatically overlaid on the drawings as legend boxes to enable field personnel to select the operations they want to perform on the digital paper as they would on a computer interface. For instance letting users select the types of callouts and clouds to add to their markup. These drawings can be printed or plotted onto paper and sent to a work site for markup.

The invention relates to the technical field of sublimation transfer printing, discloses self-adhesive quick-drying sublimation transfer printing digital paper. The paper includes, from the bottom to the top, a base material sheet (1), a hydrophobic layer (2), a water-absorbing layer (3), an ink-absorbing layer (4) and a net-shaped surface layer (5), wherein the water-absorbing layer (3) includes interspace holes and is made of acrylic acid-2-acrylamide-2-sodium methacrylate copolymer; the net-shaped surface layer (5) is prepared from, in parts by weight, 25-45% of polyvinyl alcohol-vinyl acetate copolymer and 55-75% of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose; holes are formed in the hydrophilic end of the water-absorbing layer, so that the water contained in the ink can be adsorbed into the holes, and the beneficial effect that the ink can dry quickly after being transferred to a medium material is achieved. According to the invention, the net-shaped surface layer (5) structure facilitates quick absorption of the ink during the printing process; during the transferring process, the net-shaped surface layer can realize maximized adhesion to the medium material; the technical problems that the pattern is blurred or overlapped with another because of easy displacement during the printing ink absorption and transferring processes are solved.

A digital paper-enabled system includes a spreadsheet printed on digital paper and usable with a digital writing instrument, such as a digital pen. A method of using the system includes (1) designing a digital paper-enabled spreadsheet with a spreadsheet integration module; (2) printing the designed spreadsheet to receive writing from a digital pen (3) uploading data from the digital pen to a processing system; (4) reviewing the uploaded data using a display device associated with the processing system; and (5) storing the uploaded data, which may include exporting one or more portions of the uploaded data to another display or processing system.

The business card possesses functions of data exchange, data storage, data management, and data synchronization. Data exchange is carried out in mode of not contacted induction. Using solar energy as power supply, the digital card-reading manager in not contacted type is an exchanging intermediate device. The card-reading manager demodulates the received radio frequency wave so as to obtain information, and then stores the information in memory. Through blue teeth, infrared communication, USB interface, 1394 interface, the said information is transferred to PC, personal data processor or mobile phone or handset. The invention includes RFID digital business card, RFID digital card-reading manager. The card includes a microprocessor chip powered by solar energy. The said manager includes a microprocessor possessing function of send receive in use for reading information of dada stored in the business card.

The invention discloses a digital electronic pen which is used for writing on a piece of ordinary digital paper and recognizing the writing. The digital electronic pen comprises an ordinary writing pen, a writing picking-up camera (1) and a core circuit; the core circuit is arranged in the ordinary writing pen; the ordinary writing pen is internally provided with a refill used for finishing ordinary writing; the core circuit comprises a microprocessor (2), a memory (3) and a USB transceiver (4); the output end of the writing picking-up camera (1) is connected with the microprocessor (2); the microprocessor (2) is connected with the memory (3) through an internal bus; and the microprocessor (2) is also connected with the USB transceiver (4). When the digital electronic pen is used for writing and leaves the ordinary ink writing, the microprocessor can obtain the writing data according to the information picked up by the writing picking-up camera and stores the writing data in the memory, and the USB transceiver can be connected with a computer to transmit the writing data into the computer to be stored and read. The digital electronic pen disclosed by the invention has the characteristics of being convenient to use and safe and reliable.

The present invention provides a paper-based meeting service management tool for meeting support functions. The paper-based tool includes a digital pen that can be used to make strokes which can be transmitted from the digital pen to services that provide the meeting support functions. The paper-based tool also includes digital paper that has an underlying image pattern. The digital pen can locate itself on the digital paper by recognizing underlying dot patterns and transmitting the location information to a computer through a Bluetooth connection.

One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for providing an end user with a spatially-aware projector combined with a spatially-aware digital pen for use in a design environment. Paper documents are augmented to allow a user to access additional information and computational tools through projected interfaces. Virtual ink may be managed in single and multi-user environments to enhance collaboration and data management. The spatially-aware projector pen provides end-users with dynamic visual feedback and improved interaction capabilities.

Methods and systems for communications service revenue collection may include a mapping lookup service. The mapping lookup service is configured to retrieve mapping information corresponding to a position of a digital pen on digital paper in response to a request for the mapping information from the digital pen. A service provider or network operator who offers a service corresponding to the position of the digital pen on digital paper may be billed by the mapping lookup service for retrieving the mapping information.

The invention relates to a digital paper marking method based on paper and pen improvement. The method comprises the steps of acquiring an electronic teaching aid test paper file by a first terminal;generating a dot matrix teaching aid electronic file; cutting the dot matrix teaching aid electronic file according to the area of the test questions to obtain a plurality of correction units; one correction unit is a form item; the form item has a form item attribute; performing attribute extension on the form item attributes; wherein the attribute extension comprises setting a standard score anda standard answer of each test question; storing form item attributes for attribute extension; sending the form item attribute, the form item attribute with the expanded attribute and the dot matrixteaching aid electronic file to a server; and determining a corresponding correction unit by the server according to the pen point track information, sent by the data acquisition device, on the dot matrix teaching aid paper file after the question is answered by the first user, and then obtaining the score of the test question corresponding to the correction unit. Therefore, the correction resultof each question on the homework or test paper of the student is obtained, and the score of the student is automatically counted.

A label on an electronic product may be written electronically and maintains the last display state when power is removed from the label. There are many different types of digital paper and electronic paper known in the art that would be suitable for use as such labels. The label includes multiple defined regions that may be independently written, with one of the regions defined to display failure information for the electronic product. In one implementation, the failure information is available on the electronic product itself. In another implementation, the failure information includes information received from a source external to the electronic product. The display of failure information on the label may be in human-readable and/or machine-readable form. The result is a label on an electronic product that provides reliable information regarding a failure of the electronic product.

The invention relates to the technical field of sublimation transfer printing and discloses instant dry type sublimation transfer digital paper. The instant dry type sublimation transfer digital paper comprises perforated PP paper, a water absorbing and permeable layer, a porous layer and a surface channel layer which are sequentially arranged from bottom to top; the porous layer is made of interpenetrating network resin formed by crosslinking of cellulose or sodium carboxymethylcellulose or starch and modified cationic polyacrylamide, or formed by crosslinking of polyacrylamide or cellulose or sodium carboxymethylcellulose and modified cationic starch; on one hand, the interpenetrating network resin can swell to 'catch' a dye for quick ink absorption, and on the other hand, components of the resin are adjusted and the network density is controlled to improve the water permeability, so that water molecules can quickly enter the water absorbing and permeable layer; and the perforated PP paper has excellent flexibility and mechanical strength and is stable in size in the printing process, so that the problem of shrinkage, caused by weather, of the conventional paper base material is solved. The instant dry type sublimation transfer digital PP paper has the characteristics of being instant in drying, quick in ink absorption, good in size stability and low in cost, and can meet the requirements for quick printing and efficient manufacturing at present.

Methods and systems for multimedia object association to digital paper spatial diagrams are disclosed herein. A method for multimedia object association to digital paper spatial diagrams includes the steps of (1) capturing a media object to be imported into a spatial information system; (2) linking the captured media object to a digital paper document containing a spatial diagram, using a input device configured to select a linking action area located in a first area of the digital paper document and configured to select a location for the captured multimedia data object on a second area of the digital paper document; (3) transferring the media object and the data from the input device to a spatial information system; and (4) combining the media object and the data of the input device to create an updated digital paper document containing the media object.