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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.:

US 7894629 B1

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Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011

Filed:

Mar. 29, 2010
Applicants:

Paul Lapstun, Balmain, AU;

Michael Hollins, Balmain, AU;

Simon Robert Walmsley, Balmain, AU;

Kia Silverbrook, Balmain, AU;

Inventors:

Paul Lapstun, Balmain, AU;

Michael Hollins, Balmain, AU;

Simon Robert Walmsley, Balmain, AU;

Kia Silverbrook, Balmain, AU;

Assignee:

Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd, Balmain, New South Wales, AU;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method of associating an electronic object with a sticker placed on a surface is disclosed. The sticker has first and second regions. The first region has disposed thereon coded data encoding an identity of the sticker. The second region exposes a position on the surface. The position on the surface has disposed thereon coded data which encodes an identity of the surface and data identifying the position on the surface. A sensing device senses the coded data on the first region and, through the second region, the coded data on the surface, and then generates indicating data from the sensed coded data. The indicating data is indicative of the identity of the sticker, the identity of the surface and the position on the surface exposed by the second region. The method receives the indicating data from the sensing device, and identifies, using the indicating data, the identity of the sticker, the identity of the surface and the position on the surface exposed by the second region. The electronic object is also identified. Finally, the electronic object is associated with the identity of the sticker, the identity of the surface, and the position on the surface exposed by the second region.


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