US 6,982,807 B2 | ||
Method and system for delivery of a facsimile using processing sensor | ||
Paul Lapstun, Balmain (Australia); and Kia Silverbrook, Balmain (Australia) | ||
Assigned to Silverbrook Research PTY LTD, Balmain (Australia) | ||
Filed on Nov. 12, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/291,818. | ||
Application 10/291818 is a continuation of application No. 09/575139, filed on May 23, 2000. | ||
Claims priority of application No. PQ0559 (AU), filed on May 25, 1999; and application No. PQ1313 (AU), filed on Jun. 30, 1999. | ||
Prior Publication US 2003/0090736 A1, May 15, 2003 | ||
Int. Cl. G06F 15/00 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 358—1.15 | 27 Claims |
1. A method of delivering a facsimile, including:
providing a printed form for entering a message thereon using a sensing device, the printed form being generated by simultaneously
printing user information and coded data on a media substrate,
receiving, in a computer system, interaction data representing interaction of the sensing device with the coded data, the
interaction data allowing the message to be electronically captured in the computer system; and
transmitting the message to a designated recipient address for facsimile delivery, wherein the message is delivered with a
reply number for sending a return message, the reply number being valid for a predetermined time only,
wherein the sensing device comprises:
(a) an image sensor adapted to capture images of at least some of the coded data when the sensing device is placed in an operative
position relative to the form; and
(b) a processor adapted to:
(i) identify at least some of the coded data from one or more of the captured images;
(ii) determine an orientation, within the captured images, of at least some of the coded data;
(iii) decode at least some of the coded data; and
(iv) generate the interaction data using at least some of the decoded coded data.
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