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US007609410B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent N0.: US 7,609,410 B2 Lapstun et a]. (45) Date of Patent: Oct. 27, 2009 (54) MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICE 5,051,736 A 9/1991 Bennett et al. WITH INTEGRAL PRINTER MECHANISM 5,465,080 A 11/1995 Liddiard et al. AND SENSING MEANS (75) Inventors: Paul Lapstun, Balmain (AU); Kia Silverbrook, Balmain (AU); Tobin (Continued) Allen King, Balmain (AU) FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS (73) Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd, Balmain, New South Wales (AU) EP 0274571 7/1988 ( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 USC 154(b) by 978 days. (Continued) (21) Appl.No.: 10/917,436 OTHER PUBLICATIONS Dymetman, M., and Copperman, M., Intelligent Paper; in Electronic (22) Filed: Aug. 13, 2004 Publishing, Artistic Imaging, and Digital Typography, Proceedings ofEP ’98, Mar/Apr. 1998, SpringerVerlag LNCS 1375, pp. 392-406. (65) Prior Publication Data US 2005/0040350 A1 Feb. 24, 2005 Primary ExamineriDov Popovici Assistant ExamineriThierry L Pham Related US. Application Data (57) ABSTRACT (63) Continuation of application No. 09/722,147, ?led on Nov. 25, 2000, now Pat. No. 6,946,672. (30) Foreign Application Priority Data A mobile telecommunications device is disclosed. The mobile telecommunications device includes an image sensor Dec. 1, 1999 (AU) ................................... .. PQ4392 for sensing coded data from a printed interface whilst the mobile telecommunications device is used to physically inter (51) Int. Cl. act with the printed interface. The mobile telecommunica G06K 15/00 (2006.01) tions device also includes a processor con?gured to decode G06F 3/12 (2006.01) the sensed coded data.
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