Form printer with interactive camera and computer control
US5172988A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 6, 1991 |
| Grant date | Dec 22, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 6, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J11/46
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The invention provides the user with the capability of viewing a form positioned in a printer associated with a computer, a keyboard and a monitor. The printer has a camera and a lens positioned thereon, the camera including an image sensing array for providing video signals corresponding to images sensed on the form. The computer processes the video signals to display images sensed on various portions of the form. The user responds by entering via a keyboard data corresponding to the various portions of the form displayed. During the first use of a form, the computer memorizes the portions of the form for which data are entered and on which data are to be printed. For subsequent uses of the form the corresponding data are entered via the keyboard, and the printer automatically fills in the form.
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