Patent ID: 7660011

Claim:
An optical imaging pen configured to detect information encoded on a page with ink which is substantially invisible to the human eye, said pen comprising: a housing; an ink pen cartridge and a stylus mounted side by side within the housing, the ink cartridge and stylus configured to be individually brought forward through an open end of the housing by rotation of a pen top rotatably mounted on an end of the housing; a rotatable cam barrel secured to the pen top, the cam barrel including a cam in the form of a slot within walls of the cam barrel for engaging cam followers in the form of projecting slider blocks of the pen cartridge and stylus, such that rotation of the pen top slides either the pen cartridge or stylus out of the housing, an electronics chassis mounted inside the housing; an infrared LED supported by the chassis for providing infrared radiation for projection onto the page; an image sensor for receiving reflected radiation from the surface; a radio frequency circuit having a radio frequency (RF) transmitter and receiver; a controller circuit for controlling operation of the LED, sensor and radio frequency circuit; and a rechargeable battery mounted about, and in contact with, the electronics chassis with an induction coil mounted about the chassis to enable induction recharging of the battery.