Patent · US Expired

Reading pen

US6509893B1 · kind B1 · utility

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12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 27, 2000
Grant dateJan 21, 2003
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Expiry dateAug 21, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/02479
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A reading pen for reading text has an elongate casing with a reading opening (3) formed in one end thereof, a printed circuit board (5) which is arranged inside the casing, light-emitting diodes (7a, 7b)) arranged inside the reading opening and adapted to illuminate the text that is to be read, and a light-sensitive sensor (9) arranged inside the reading opening and adapted to read the illuminated text. The printed circuit board (5) has an end portion at said one end of the casing. The end portion essentially corresponds to the form of the casing. The light-emitting diodes (7a, 7b) and the light-sensitive sensor (9) are arranged on said end portion.

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