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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. 25, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2005
Applicants:
Jian Wang, Beijing, CN;
Jiang Wu, San Jose, CA (US);
Liyong Chen, Beijing, CN;
Qiang Wang, Beijing, CN;
Yingnong Dang, Beijing, CN;
Youjun Liu, Beijing, CN;
Inventors:
Jian Wang, Beijing, CN;
Jiang Wu, San Jose, CA (US);
Liyong Chen, Beijing, CN;
Qiang Wang, Beijing, CN;
Yingnong Dang, Beijing, CN;
Youjun Liu, Beijing, CN;
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for capturing information encoded within a surface, such as location information or document metadata, and associating the information with a document is described. The captured information may be obtained by a camera associated with a pointing or writing device having a camera, such as an image-capturing pen.