Patent ID: 9648287
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06K,H04N

Claim:
1. A notepad top page image capture device comprising: an elongated base assembly supporting a notepad including a plurality of sheets of paper including a removable top page which provides a writing surface for a writing implement consisting of at least one of a pen, pencil and the like designed for writing on paper, wherein said notepad is of the type wherein each of said plurality of sheets of paper is provided with a weak, reusable adhesive compound which can removably hold it to another sheet of paper; a circuit board disposed within said elongated base assembly; a digital processor attached to said circuit board; non-volatile memory attached to said circuit board and coupled to said digital processor; a rigid, fixed post having a lower portion and an upper portion, wherein said lower portion of said post is rigidly fixed to said base assembly; a solid-state camera device having a fixed optical focus and a fixed depth of field range, said solid-state camera being rigidly fixed to said post proximate said upper portion, said solid state camera device having a fixed field of view inclusive of the writing surface and defining a fixed optical axis that is oblique to and directed towards said writing surface, said solid-state camera being electrically coupled to said circuit board; a trigger mechanism to indicate a completion of a writing by the writing implement on said writing surface, said trigger mechanism being electrically coupled to said circuit board; a display screen rigidly fixed between said lower portion and said upper portion of said post and below said camera device, said display screen being configured, at least in part, to display at least a partial image derived from said camera device, said display screen being electrically coupled to said circuit board; and a communications port electrically coupled to said circuit board, wherein said communications port is at least one of a wired communications port and a wireless communications port; wherein said digital processor executes code segments stored in said non-volatile memory to communicate with said trigger mechanism, said display screen, said solid-state camera device and said communications port via said circuit board disposed within said elongated base assembly, said digital processor receiving image information from said camera device, said digital processor being configured to automatically perform a predetermined anti-keystone image processing of said image information based upon said fixed optical axis after receiving a signal from said trigger mechanism and to cause a display on said display screen to ensure that a clean image is obtained; and wherein said base assembly includes a palm rest proximate a first end.