Patent ID: 6996274
Filing Date: 2006-02-07
Classification: B41J,B42C,B42P,B43K,B65H,C09D,G06F,G06K,G06Q,G07D,H04N,H04W,Y02D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A system for enabling handwritten note taking and retrieval, the system including: at least one form printable on a surface, said form containing information relating to a notebook activity and including coded data indicative of an identity of said form and of at least one reference point of said form; a printer for printing the form such that the information and the coded data are printed substantially simultaneously; and a computer system for receiving indicating data from a sensing device operated by a user involved in the notebook activity, said indicating data regarding the identity of said form and at least one of a position and a movement of the sensing device relative to said form, said computer system including means for identifying, from the indicating data, at least one parameter relating to the notebook activity, the sensing device comprising: (a) an image sensor configures to capture images of at least some of the coded data when the sensing device is placed in an operative position relative to the form; and (b) a processor configured to: