USRE43086E1 - Method and user interface for performing a scan operation for a scanner coupled to a computer system - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to scanner technology, and more particularly, to a method and user interface for performing a scan operation for a scanner coupled to a computer system, which allows the user to acquire scanned images in an easier and more user-friendly manner.
- a scanner allows a user to convert the printed matter on a document into a digital image for further processing by a computer.
- a scanner In the use of a scanner, however, it requires well-learned and highly-experienced users to do the image processing tasks properly. For inexperienced users, it usually requires a long period to learn, typically in a trial-and-error manner, which would make the training quite cost-ineffective since additional electricity and paper cost may be required in the training course.
- the U.S. Pat. No. 4,837,635 discloses a method that allows the user to acquire a scanned image by first obtaining a primitive scanned image from the scanner, and then specify suited image processing settings such as size and scan area for the scanner to perform a second scan operation on the original document to thereby obtain a final scanned image.
- image processing settings such as size and scan area for the scanner to perform a second scan operation on the original document to thereby obtain a final scanned image.
- the final scanned image can approach closely to the image qualities of the original document.
- One drawback to this patent is that it is quite inefficient to use since it requires the scanner to perform two scan operations on the same document.
- FIG. 1 is a flow diagram showing the procedural steps involved in a conventional method to obtain a scanned image from an original document.
- the user interface for the scanner is activated.
- the user interface commands the scanner to perform a primitive scan operation on the original document.
- the primitive scanned image is then displayed by the user interface for the user to make enhancements thereon.
- the user interface asks the user to specify suited image processing settings for the enhancement of the primitive scanned image, such as size setting and the desired scan area of the original document.
- the user interface activates the scanner to perform a second scan operation on the original document based on the image processing settings to thereby obtain a final scanned image.
- the final scanned image is transferred to an application program for use by the application program.
- the prior art requires the scanner to perform two scan operations on the same document to acquire the final scanned image to be used by the application program, which makes the use of the scanner quite inefficient. It is desired that only one scan operation is needed.
- the invention proposes a new method and user interface for use on a computer system coupled with a scanner for performing a scan operation.
- the invention allows the user to scan an original document without requiring the user to have learned knowledge background in the science of image processing, and also allows the scanner to perform only one scan operation on the original document. These features allow the use of the scanner to be easier and more user-friendly than the prior art.
- the invention is designed for use with a user interface incorporated in a computer system coupled with a scanner for performing an automatic scan operation on an original document.
- the computer system runs a scanner driver and an application program.
- the scanner driver is used to drive the scanner, and the application program can process the scanned image as an image file.
- the method of the invention includes the following procedural steps: (1) determining a set of image processing settings by a scanner driving program that are suited for optimal scan of the original document; (2) activating the scanner to perform a scan operation on the original document based on the image processing settings to thereby obtain a primitive scanned image which is then transferred to the scanner driver; (3) activating the scanner driver to perform an image-enhancement process on the primitive scanned image to thereby obtain a quality-enhanced image; and (4) transferring the quality-enhanced image to the application program for use by the application program.
- the image-enhancement process includes a comprehensive set of image processing routines, such as automatic cutting, distortion correction, color calibration, and automatic character recognition.
- the quality-enhanced image is then transferred to the scanner driver in the computer system, and then transferred via the scanner driver to the application program specified by the user through the user interface.
- the application program can be either an image editing program or a word processor that can accept the quality-enhanced image as an image file.
- the scanner needs just to perform one scan operation on the original document rather than two scan operations required by the prior art (the U.S. Pat. No. 4,837,635).
- the invention is therefore more efficient than the prior art.
- the invention will automatically perform an image-enhancement process on the primitive scanned image to thereby obtain the quality-enhanced image, without requiring the user to have learned knowledge background in the science of image processing in order to perform the image enhancement, and therefore no training is required. Since the user needs not to spend time and material on learning the operation of the scanner, it makes the use of the scanner more cost-effective and user-friendly.
- the invention provides an image-enhancement process that includes a comprehensive set of image processing routines which would meets most user's demands in image processing.
- FIG. 1 is a flow diagram showing the procedural steps involved in a conventional method to obtain a scanned image from an original document;
- FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of the incorporation of the user interface of the invention in a computer system coupled with a scanner;
- FIG. 3 is a flow diagram showing the procedural steps involved in the method of the invention for performing a scan operation on an original document.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of the incorporation of the user interface of the invention, as the block designated by the reference numeral 50 , in a computer system 20 coupled with a scanner 10 .
- the computer system 20 runs a scanner driver 30 , which is a software program, for driving the scanner 10 . Further, the computer system 20 runs an application program 40 which can process the scanned image from the scanner 10 as an image file.
- the block designated by the reference numeral 60 is used to represent the input from user operation. The user can specify a set of proper image processing settings into the user interface 50 .
- the user When the user wants to acquire a scanned image from an original document (not shown), the user first needs to place the original document (not shown) on the scanner 10 , and then specify a set of image processing settings that are suited for optimal scan of the original document (not shown).
- the user interface 50 activates the scanner 10 to perform a scan operation on the original document (not shown) based on the image processing settings in the user interface 50 to thereby obtain a primitive scanned image.
- the primitive scanned image is then transferred to the scanner driver 30 in the computer system 20 .
- the scanner driver 30 performs an image-enhancement process on the primitive scanned image to thereby obtain a quality-enhanced image.
- the image-enhancement process includes a comprehensive set of image processing routines, including automatic cutting, distortion correction, color calibration, and automatic character recognition.
- the scanner driver 30 checks whether there is still another document waiting to be scanned. If YES, the scanner driver 30 will perform another scan operation. The quality-enhanced image is then transferred to the application program 40 for use by the application program 40 .
- FIG. 3 is a flow diagram showing the procedural steps involved in the method of the invention for performing a scan operation on the original document. This method is used with the computer system 20 and the scanner 10 shown in FIG. 2 and is performed by the user interface 50 .
- a set of image processing settings that are suited for optimal scan of the original document is determined by a scanner driving program, and then stores these settings into the user interface 50 .
- next step S 102 the user interface 50 issues a scan request to the scanner 10 .
- the scanner 10 is activated to perform a scan operation on the original document based on the image processing settings in the user interface 50 to thereby obtain a primitive scanned image.
- the primitive scanned image is then transferred to the scanner driver 30 .
- the scanner driver 30 is activated to perform an image-enhancement process on the primitive scanned image to thereby obtain a quality-enhanced image.
- the image-enhancement process includes a comprehensive set of image processing routines, including automatic cutting, distortion correction, color calibration, and automatic character recognition.
- next step S 108 the user interface 50 checks whether there is still another document waiting to be scanned. If YES, the procedure returns to the step S 104 ; otherwise, the procedure goes to the step S 110 .
- the quality-enhanced image resulted resulting from the image-enhancement process is transferred to the application program 40 for use by the application program 40 .
- the application program 40 can be either an image editing program or a word processor that can accept the quality-enhanced image as an image file.
- the user interface 50 displays a message asking whether the user wants to scan another document. If the user responds with YES, the procedure returns to the step S 100 ; otherwise, the procedure is ended.
- the invention has the following advantages over the prior art.
- the invention allows the image-enhancement process to be entirely carried out automatically without requiring the user to have knowledge background in the science of image processing, so that the use of the scanner is easier and more user-friendly.
- the invention allows the user to carry out the scan operation without having to spend time and material on training, the use of the scanner is more cost-effective than the prior art.
- the invention provides an image-enhancement process that includes a comprehensive set of image processing routines which would meet most user's demands in image processing.
- the invention allows the image acquisition to be mostly performed automatically, allowing the operation of the scanner to be more simplified and user-friendly.
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