Digital Pen and Paper

Digital pen and paper is the ultimate mobile data collection tool. Clinicians and patients simply fill out paper forms with a ballpoint pen. Each form is unique, and the pen captures every stroke on the paper.

How It Works

So-called “digital paper” is standard printer paper with a microscopic pattern of dots printed on each page using a laser printer. The dot pattern is used by the digital pen to identify its location on the page. The pen’s built-in infrared camera records the coordinates of the handwritten strokes as it writes. The pattern of dots is unique to each page, allowing the pen to recognize different documents. The handwritten strokes are then stored within the pen’s memory until they are routed to Shareable Ink’s remote servers. This routing occurs by placing the digital pen in a cradle attached to a network-connected PC, or by triggering a wireless transmission through a Bluetooth^®-enabled mobile communication device.

In a matter of seconds, Shareable Ink’s servers interpret the handwriting, converting it to digital text. An image of the handwritten form is immediately available, and the discrete data is ready for integration with existing electronic systems, triggering of alerts, and more.

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