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| What is the PaperPC technology?
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PaperPCs represent today's most advanced solutions in digital stationery using the Anoto functionality.
They are available in various formats, e.g. notebooks, pads, agendas, formula pads as well as all other "conventional" paper media.
100% pure paper, they are used just like traditional stationery products.
They create real intelligent bridges between the accessible, intuitive and emotional world of conventional paper and the most advanced digital processing environments.
Write, draw, tick action boxes or express by a simple movement of the hand any sign or thought on a PaperPC with a digital pen; the PaperPCs encapsulate inside the page itself the contextual intelligence required to translate the actions you give, allowing you to store/share/interpret everything you write "on paper"!
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What is a digital pen?
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This term can be applied to several different technologies. The most reliable by far, both technically and financially, is the technology developed by the Swedish company Anoto. These pens, produced by manufacturers such as Sony, Maxell, Logitech and Nokia, are equipped, in particular with an integrated microcamera taking 60 snapshots/second of the pen movement, with an accuracy of about 0.08 mm.
Its integrated camera films the pen's movements across the grid surface on the paper. Point anywhere in any page of your PaperPC, your digital pen will know exactly on which page and where your are writing or drawing.
Its memory can store the equivalent of 70 pages covered with handwritten text or drawings.
Its average autonomy is 5 hours in active use and 7 days on standby.
Transactions are carried out via the USB port or by Bluetooth connection (depending on the models).
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| What is the Anoto functionality?
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The Anoto functionality is an extremely reliable and accurate optical acquisition process, which brings together digital communication and handwriting.
The Anoto functionality is based on integration of several inseparable technologies: the digital pen and digital paper.
Absolute contextual recognition:
The digital pen writes on ordinary paper printed with a unique dot pattern almost invisible to naked eye.
Each 6 x 6 dot matrix (1.8 x 1.8 mm) sends a specific signal to the pen:
Every area of the paper therefore has its own unique digital "fingerprint".
Functionalisation:
Depending on the specifications attached beforehand to the various sectors of the grid, the movements are recognised as drawings, texts or any other types of value (line colour or thickness selection, transaction or save order, customised command, etc.) and interpreted as such by the information system.
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| How does a PaperPC operate? |
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For book and notepad formats: just like their "traditional" counterparts. They can be used for the simplest applications: in this case, to bridge the gap between writing and computing, simply check the "Send" box located on the PaperPC.
The PaperPC environment offers an extremely wide range of functionalities to be discovered naturally, progressively, through the use of an exclusive knowledge base available via this site's "Support" tab, under the heading "Knowledge base".
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| How do I get the best out of my PaperPC?
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Give full rein to your creativity
The combination of Clairefontaine brushed vellum with the power of the PaperPC infrastructure makes data acquisition extremely intuitive and pleasant.
Whenever you want, however you want
The contents created are stored in your own Internet infrastructure, a private personal secure space where you can view and manage your notes, from anywhere and from any personal computer, Internet terminal, PDA and/or from your mobile telephone!!
Share, communicate: everywhere, immediately
A note or a diagram to send? By E-mail, MMS, Fax, SMS? From your office, your car, your home? You can do it, in just a few seconds!
Documents to submit, modify, share? Handwritten notes to be entered in text format? Bridge the gap between handwritten expression and digital power.
The only limits are those of your creativity.
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| What hardware do I need in order to use my PaperPC?
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A digital pen:
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PaperPCs are compatible with all digital pens offering the Anoto functionality. The current pens (produced by Nokia, Maxell, Logitech and Sony-Ericsson) communicate via USB port and/or Bluetooth, depending on the models.
An Internet connection:
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Connection via mobile telephone (GSM, GPRS, etc.): if your digital pen and your mobile telephone communicate using Bluetooth.
Connection via personal computer: if your digital pen communicates using a USB port.
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| What happens if I write with an ordinary pen in my PaperPC?
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Nothing: your PaperPC is made from paper, it contains no electronic components. If you write with a non digital pen, you generate "passive" content which will not be interpreted or saved in digital format.
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| Is my PaperPC compatible with my operating system?
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Based on a Java development platform, your PaperPC is compatible with all operating systems supporting Java 1.4.2, including:
Windows 2000 / XP
MacOS X 10.3.4
Linux
As well as Symbian and Windows Mobile/PocketPC
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| Can I use a digital pen on ordinary paper?
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Yes: they have a standard "Biro" tip and behave just like a standard ballpoint on ordinary paper. You can write anywhere, write out a cheque, anything you like: obviously in this case, the PaperPC functionalities are not available.
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Photographic acknowledgements: Anoto |
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