INPUT SYSTEM

Abstract

An input system having at least one sensor board, at least one recording medium and at least one input device/stylus. The at least one sensor board is divided into at least two virtual sub-boards or the at least one sensor board is in the form of two separate sensor boards. The two sensor boards have, on at least one side edge, a structure for mutual fixing. A multi-page recording medium is arranged over the at least one sensor board. The at least one input device/stylus has an analogue application function. The at least one input device/stylus has a digital input function/signal function for sensor boards.

Claims

1-8. (canceled)

9. An input system, comprising: at least one sensor board; at least one recording medium; and at least one input device/stylus, wherein the at least one sensor board is divided into at least two virtual sub-boards or the at least one sensor board is two separate sensor boards, wherein the two sensor boards have means for mutual fixing on at least one lateral edge, wherein a multi-page recording medium is arranged above the at least one sensor board, wherein the at least one input device/stylus has an analog application function, and wherein the at least one input device/stylus has a digital input function/signal function for sensor boards.

10. The system according to claim 9, wherein the analog application function is implemented and designed using a writing unit held in the input device, wherein the writing unit is a solid lead, a cartridge with paste and/or a cartridge filled with ink.

11. The system according to claim 9, wherein the input device/stylus is configured to input the digital input function/signal function.

12. The system according to claim 9, wherein communication between the stylus and the sensor board is designed as EMR technology, or the communication between the stylus and the sensor board is designed as AES technology.

13. The system according to claim 9, wherein digital recordings are forwarded from the at least one sensor board to a smart device, wherein the smart device is a computer, tablet computer or smartphone.

14. The system according to claim 9, wherein the multi-page recording medium is at least one of the group consisting of: a spiral pad, a ring binder, a bound notebook, a bound book, a multi-page calendar and a tear-off pad.

15. The system according to claim 9, wherein the at least one sensor board has means for holding the recording medium in a manner secured against displacement.

16. The system according to claim 9, wherein the recording medium is paper.

Description

[0031] The invention shall be explained further below using FIGS. 1 to 4,

[0032] FIG. 1: two independently operating sensor boards for an input system according to the invention;

[0033] FIG. 2: input system having sensor boards according to FIG. 1 and an inserted exercise book;

[0034] FIG. 3: input system according to the invention in accordance with FIG. 2 in the folded-up state;

[0035] FIG. 4: alternative embodiment of an input system having a virtually divided sensor board.

[0036] FIG. 1 shows a sensor board 11 and a sensor board 12 of an input system 1 according to the invention, wherein the sensor boards 11 and 12 are connected in an articulated manner by means of two connecting elements 13 arranged on the lateral edges 16. The sensor boards 11 and 12 are therefore held in a manner secured against displacement with respect to one another. Fixing devices 15 which likewise provide holding in a manner secured against displacement when the recording medium (20) is arranged above the sensor board 11 and 12 during use are situated on each of the sensor boards. In the present embodiment, the sensor boards can be folded up like a book via the articulated connection 13, as a result of which the sensor boards 11 and 12 are additionally reliably protected during transport.

[0037] The connecting elements between the sensor boards can alternatively also be in the form of a plug-in system, a film hinge, a rubber-elastic connection and/or an adhesive system.

[0038] FIG. 2 shows an input system 1 according to the invention consisting of a board arrangement 11 and 12 according to FIG. 1 and a recording medium 20 which is inserted or applied over the boards 11 and 12 and is held or fixed in a manner secured against displacement via the fixing devices 15.

[0039] An input device/stylus 30 having a writing unit 31 can be used to make analog recordings 21 on the recording medium 20 using the writing unit 31. In this case, it is insignificant whether the recordings are made on the left-hand or right-hand page/sheet 201, separated by the bending or union line 22 of the notebook 20.

[0040] The analog recordings 21 are now simultaneously transmitted to the sensor board 11, 12 under the corresponding recording medium 20 via EMR technology with a coil 32 which is likewise integrated in the input device/stylus 30. In this case, it should be noted that the technology and power of the input devices 30, in combination with high-resolution or highly sensitive sensor boards 11 and 12, are so advanced that the recording medium 20 can have a plurality of pages/sheets 201 above one another in order to simultaneously capture an analog recording 21 as a digital recording/signal (14) in the sensor board 11, 12.

[0041] The advantage of the input system according to the invention takes effect here, according to whichlike prior art until nowsheets in notebooks can be inscribed in an analog manner on both sides and these analog inscriptions can simultaneously also be digitally stored or captured without sheets having to be turned and newly positioned on the boards in order to also have to be organized or stapled and stored at a later time.

[0042] In this case, it is necessary to state that the sensor board must receive only an input commandprior artif the recording medium is turned over so that the digital storage file recognizes and accordingly stores the book form. This reliably prevents the situation in which, although though new pages are always written on in an analog manner, all recordings are digitally placed on one page.

[0043] It has emerged in a particularly advantageous manner that, if the input system 1 is temporarily not used, the sensor boards 11 and 12 with the inserted recording medium 20 can be folded up. This provides a very tidy and organized system 1 which is ready for operation again within seconds for further analog and digital recordings (21, 14). The folded-up state of the system 1 can be gathered from FIG. 3.

[0044] An embodiment in which the book covers of the recording medium are in the form of sensor boards is not illustrated.

[0045] FIG. 4 shows and describes an alternative embodiment of the input system 1 according to the invention. In this embodiment, use is made of only one sensor board 11 which, however, can be virtually divided into two board halves 11 and 12 using programming. In this embodiment, a multi-page recording medium 20 is fixed above the board halves 11 and 12. The structure is then comparable, in principle, to the functional system according to FIG. 2.

[0046] The virtual dividing line 17 between the board halves 11 and 12 is advantageously equal to the bending or union line 22 of the recording medium 20.

ITEM LIST

[0047] 1 Input system

[0048] 11 Sensor board 1

[0049] 12 Sensor board 2

[0050] 13 Connecting element

[0051] 14 Digital recording/digital swab

[0052] 15 Fixing device

[0053] 16 Lateral edge

[0054] 17 Virtual dividing line

[0055] 20 Recording medium

[0056] 201 Page/sheet

[0057] 21 Analog recording

[0058] 22 Bending or union line

[0059] 30 Input device/stylus

[0060] 31 Writing unit

[0061] 32 Coil