IP Library Granted Patent US 8,285,137
Granted Patent B2
US 8,285,137 · App. 13/117,099 · Granted Oct 9, 2012

Digital camera system for simultaneous printing and magnetic recording

Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,285,137
App. No.
13/117,099
Granted
Oct 9, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A digital camera system includes a print medium having a first surface delimiting an area in which images are printed, and a second surface pre-treated to be magnetically sensitive; a photo-width printhead integrated with a digital camera, the photo-width printhead for printing digital images on the first surface of the print medium; and a magnetic recorder for recording information associated with said digital images on the second surface of the print medium at the same time the printhead prints the digital images onto the printing area.

Claims (7)

1. A digital camera system comprising:

a print medium having a first surface delimiting an area in which images are printed, and a second surface pre-treated to be magnetically sensitive;

a photo-width printhead integrated with a digital camera, the photo-width printhead for printing digital images on the first surface of the print medium; and

a magnetic recorder for recording information associated with said digital images on the second surface of the print medium at the same time the printhead prints the digital images onto the printing area.

2. The digital camera system of claim 1 , wherein the associated information comprises audio information associated with the digital image.

3. The digital camera system of claim 2 , further comprising a microphone integrated with the digital camera, the microphone for recording the audio information associated with the digital image.

4. A digital camera as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first surface and the second surface are on opposite faces of the print medium.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 2, 2017
From: GOOGLE INC.
To: GOOGLE LLC
Reel/Frame 044101/0405 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 12, 2013
From: SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY LTD
To: GOOGLE INC.
Reel/Frame 030598/0232 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 29, 2011
From: SILVERBROOK, KIA
To: SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY LTD
Reel/Frame 026356/0625 →
Priority Claims (2)
AU PO7991 · Jul 15, 1997 · national
AU PO9402 · Sep 23, 1997 · national
Continuity (7)
Continuation 12818138 · Jun 17, 2010
Continuation 12542606 · Aug 17, 2009
Continuation 11951960 · Dec 6, 2007
Continuation 11190902 · Jul 28, 2005
Continuation 10176680 · Jun 24, 2002
Continuation In Part 09112788 · Jul 10, 1998
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