Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Camera unit incorporating program script scanner
- Patent Title (中): 相机单元包含程序脚本扫描器
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Application No.: US13711385Application Date: 2012-12-11
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Publication No.: US08936196B2Publication Date: 2015-01-20
- Inventor: Kia Silverbrook , Simon Robert Walmsley
- Applicant: Google Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd.
- Priority: AUPO7991 19970715; AUPP2370 19980316
- Main IPC: G06K13/00
- IPC: G06K13/00

Abstract:
A camera unit includes a display for displaying an image to be captured; an image sensor for digitally capturing the displayed image; a card reader having a linear scanner for scanning a surface of a removable card to sense a plurality of dots printed on the surface of the removable card, the plurality of dots representing a bit pattern encoding a program script; a card interface for receiving a signal from the card reader indicative of the sensed plurality of dots printed on the surface of the card, and decoding the sensed plurality of dots into the program script; and a printer configured to print a distorted image on print media, the distorted image being a version of the captured image distorted in accordance with the program script. The card reader comprises a moulding housing therewithin a plurality of light sources, the moulding being transparent to light from the light sources and shaped to focus the light on the removable card.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130186953A1 CAMERA UNIT INCOPORATING PROGRAM SCRIPT SCANNER Public/Granted day:2013-07-25
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