Patent ID: 8477104

Claim:
An information output device comprising: a touch panel chassis having a touch panel on at least one surface thereof; the touch panel having a medium, on which a coordinate value based on a predetermined rule and a dot pattern signifying a code value are printed, placed on the touch panel with a surface on which the dot pattern is printed facing the touch panel; a coordinate recognition unit, disposed on a side of the touch panel, for recognizing, as a coordinate value, a position of a player/operator's fingertip or a position of a pen or a three dimensional object on the medium of the touch panel; an imaging unit for imaging the dot pattern of the medium or a portion thereof from a back surface side of the touch panel via an imaging portion disposed on a predetermined location in the touch panel chassis; a control unit for computing the coordinate value, the code value, and an orientation signified by the dot pattern based on a captured image by the imaging unit, and for inputting a coordinate information from the coordinate recognition unit of the touch panel; and an output unit for outputting multimedia information such as a text, figure, image, motion picture, or sound information according to an instruction from the control unit; wherein the control unit calculates where on the medium a placing of the player/operator's fingertip or a placing of the pen or three dimensional object is performed, based on the coordinate value and code value of the dot pattern printed on the medium and the orientation of the medium, predetermined location information of the imaging portion, and the coordinate information from the coordinate recognition unit, and the control unit causes the output unit to output the multimedia information which differs depending on the location on the medium calculated.