Digital Pen Systems
Kalamazoo in partnership with Colleagues Information Solutions are now able to offer Digital Pen solutions that can save you time and money.
But what is a Digital Pen?
THE PEN
A digital pen looks and feels like using its normal ballpoint counterparts. However, it contains an integrated digital camera, an advanced image microprocessor and a mobile communications device for wireless connection. When using a digital pen you capture, store and then securely send the handwriting. Here’s how digital pens convert and transfer ink to digital data.
Whilst writing, digital snapshots of the pattern on the paper are automatically taken by the pen (in fact, more than 50 pictures per second). Every snapshot contains enough data to determine the exact position of the pen and what it writes or draws, including the time each pen stroke was made as well as which particular paper form was written on. All this data is then retained in the pen’s memory as a series of coordinates. The pen can store up to 50 full A4/Letter size pages of handwritten data.
THE PAPER
All types of ordinary paper can take advantage of Anoto technology. To make the paper digitally legible a patent-protected dot pattern from Anoto is added before printout.
THE PATTERN
Almost invisible to the naked eye, the Anoto pattern consists of numerous intelligent small black dots that can be read by a digital pen. The pattern indicates the exact positions of the digital pen. What’s more, the pattern on each paper has a unique identity so that each page can be kept separate from another.
TRANSFER FROM PEN TO COMPUTER
Once a piece of paper has been written on and competed, all the information is stored temporarily within the pen. The user can transfer this information to computer by:
- Wireless: by ticking a box on the paper, interpreted by the pen as a “send” command, the pen will use Bluetooth to instantly send data via a mobile phone
- Via a USB port: pens connect to any PC
Sent data is in proprietary Anoto PGC format and can either be handled locally or routed to the application server associated with that specific paper form for further processing.
Digital Pen Applications
Digital pen technology will make operations easier for virtually any type of organisation, large or small, in any type of industry. To find out more about how the digital pen may be able to help your organisation please follow the link to our digital pen partner Colleagues Information Solutions.