| US 7,613,533 B2 | ||
| Interactive system | ||
| Paul Lapstun, Balmain (Australia); Tobin Allen King, Balmain (Australia); Simon Robert Walmsley, Balmain (Australia); and Kia Silverbrook, Balmain (Australia) | ||
| Assigned to Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd, Balmain, New South Wales (Australia) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 02, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/866,324. | ||
| Application 11/866324 is a continuation of application No. 10/917467, filed on Aug. 13, 2004, granted, now 7,400,937. | ||
| Application 10/917467 is a continuation of application No. 09/722087, filed on Nov. 25, 2000, granted, now 6,788,982. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. PQ4392 (AU), filed on Dec. 01, 1999. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0021579 A1, Jan. 24, 2008 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04H 40/00 (2008.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 700—94 [707/1; 455/3.06] | 9 Claims |
| 1. An interactive system comprising:
(a) an article comprising a surface having a position-coding pattern printed thereon, said position-coding pattern identifying
a plurality of positions on the surface and a surface identity at each of said positions; and
(b) a handheld sensing device having a housing, said housing containing: (i) an optical sensor for reading codes from the
position-coding pattern (ii) a processor coupled to the optical sensor for determining a position of the sensing device and
the surface identity using the read code (iii) a memory unit comprising data for different audio outputs corresponding to
different positions on the surface, the memory unit coupled to the processor, and (iv) an audio output device coupled to the
processor,
wherein said handheld sensing device is configured to provide the different audio outputs to a user in response to optically
sensing different positions of the position-coding pattern, and wherein the surface identity distinguishes the surface from
a plurality of other surfaces.
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