Patent ID: 6992662
Filing Date: 2006-01-31
Classification: B41J,B42C,B42P,B65H,G06F,G06K,H04L,H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of enabling user interaction with computer software executed in a computer system via: an interface surface including information relating to the computer software and including a plurality of regions, each region having disposed therein or thereon coded data indicative of a plurality of reference points and an identity of the region; a sensing device comprising: (a) an image sensor adapted to capture images of at least some of the coded data when the sensing device is placed in an operative position relative to one of the regions; and (b) a processor adapted to: the method including the steps of, in the computer system: (a) receiving the indicating data from the sensing device; (b) determining, using the indicating data, an identity of the region and at least one of the movement and position data; (c) operating the computer software at least partly in accordance with at least one of the movement data and the position data, and in accordance with instructions associated with the region.