Patent ID: 7869078

Claim:
A manual tracking system including a manually moveable wand for reading and writing media, comprising: a wand tracking system including a first wheel and a second wheel rigidly coupled to an axle for manually guiding in a freeform motion said wand in a straight line direction; a wand body partially enclosing said first wheel and said second wheel and said axle; a printing member supported by said wand body for printing on a media surface, said printing member having a maximum print width for a predetermined position of said wand body relative to a target object, and wherein said target object having a width and said printing member print width substantially less than the entire width of said target object image to be printed; said first wheel and said second wheel each include an outside edge disposed at opposing ends of said axle having a distance there between, said distance less than a width of said maximum print area; said media surface is a media selected from the group consisting of whiteboard and glass; said first wheel and said second wheel frictionally engage said media surface of said target object wherein said first wheel and said second wheel are in direct contact with said media surface including a coefficient of friction comprising a static resistance force when engaged with said target object; said axle includes a yaw torque moment applied by a user when said wand is manually moved in said freeform motion across said target object; said static resistance force of said first wheel and said second wheel is greater than said yaw torque moment; wherein the area of the image is scanned in successive sections whereby the wand tracking system is manually moved and successively guided in a series of substantially straight line side-by-side adjacent tracks and then printed on said target object in a series of manually moved and successively guided substantially straight line side-by-side adjacent tracks; a reference ruler is printed on said media surface by said wand, the wand is rotated orthogonal to said tracks, in a straight line direction for subsequent alignment of said wand body prior to printing the area of the image within said series of substantially straight line side-by-side adjacent tracks; said reference ruler includes a series of index marks; and, said wand includes an LED projected steering beam wherein said steering beam projects orthogonal to said wand body and aligns with said index marks to assist with indexing the position of said wand body on said media surface of said target object and for guiding said straight line tracks along said target object.