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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2003
Applicants:
Daisuke Sato, Chino, JP;
Tomio Ikegami, Chino, JP;
Inventors:
Daisuke Sato, Chino, JP;
Tomio Ikegami, Chino, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An input device, which generates control information by capturing an image of a detection object, comprises: a registered image storage section which stores a registered image in which a parameter value is associated with at least a part of the registered image; an image capture section which captures an image of the detection object; and a control information output section which outputs control information corresponding to the parameter value associated with an area of the registered image corresponding to the image of the detection object.