A method of automatically capturing an image with an image capture device comprising: selecting an automatic image trigger condition; entering a threshold level corresponding to the automatic image trigger condition, wherein reaching the threshold level of the automatic trigger condition indicates that a suitable image can be captured; monitoring of a signal for detecting the automatic image trigger condition; and automatically operating the image capture device to capture at least one digital image upon the automatic detection of the automatic image trigger condition meeting the threshold level. view more

A user interface for use on a computer system coupled with a scanner for performing an automatic scan operation on an original document, the computer system running a scanner driver and an application program;</claim-text> the user interface ising: means for reading a set of default image processing settings; means for activating the scanner to perform a primitive scan operation on the original document based on the default image processing settings to thereby obtain a primitive scanned image which is then transferred to the scanner driver; means for activating the scanner driver to perform a set of image processing routines on the primitive scanned image to thereby obtain the image qualities of the original document, wherein the set of image processing routines include automatic cutting; and based on the image qualities of the original document, obtaining a set of suited image processing settings for optimal scan of the original document; and means for activating the scanner to perform a final scan operation on the original document based on the suited image processing settings to thereby obtain a final scanned image which is transferred to the application program for use by the application program. view more

A user interface for use on a computer system coupled with a scanner for performing an automatic scan operation on an original document, the computer system running a scanner driver and an application program;</claim-text> the user interface ising: means for reading a set of default image processing settings; means for activating the scanner to perform a primitive scan operation on the original document based on the default image processing settings to thereby obtain a primitive scanned image which is then transferred to the scanner driver; means for activating the scanner driver to perform a set of image processing routines on the primitive scanned image to thereby obtain the image qualities of the original document, wherein the set of image processing routines include distortion correction; and based on the image qualities of the original document, obtaining a set of suited image processing settings for optimal scan of the original document; and means for activating the scanner to perform a final scan operation on the original document based on the suited image processing settings to thereby obtain a final scanned image which is transferred to the application program for use by the application program. view more

A user interface for use on a computer system coupled with a scanner for performing an automatic scan operation on an original document, the computer system running a scanner driver and an application program;</claim-text> the user interface ising: means for reading a set of default image processing settings; means for activating the scanner to perform a primitive scan operation on the original document based on the default image processing settings to thereby obtain a primitive scanned image which is then transferred to the scanner driver; means for activating the scanner driver to perform a set of image processing routines on the primitive scanned image to thereby obtain the image qualities of the original document, wherein the set of image processing routines include color calibration; and based on the image qualities of the original document, obtaining a set of suited image processing settings for optimal scan of the original document; and means for activating the scanner to perform a final scan operation on the original document based on the suited image processing settings to thereby obtain a final scanned image which is transferred to the application program for use by the application program. view more

A user interface for use on a computer system coupled with a scanner for performing an automatic scan operation on an original document, the computer system running a scanner driver and an application program;</claim-text> the user interface ising: means for reading a set of default image processing settings; means for activating the scanner to perform a primitive scan operation on the original document based on the default image processing settings to thereby obtain a primitive scanned image which is then transferred to the scanner driver; means for activating the scanner driver to perform a set of image processing routines on the primitive scanned image to thereby obtain the image qualities of the original document, wherein the set of image processing routines include automatic character recognition; and based on the image qualities of the original document, obtaining a set of suited image processing settings for optimal scan of the original document; and means for activating the scanner to perform a final scan operation on the original document based on the suited image processing settings to thereby obtain a final scanned image which is transferred to the application program for use by the application program. view more

A user interface for a scanner, comprising: <?delete-start id="REI-00044" date="20120110" ?>a<?delete-end id="REI-00044" ?><?insert-start id="REI-00045" date="20120110" ?>the <?insert-end id="REI-00045" ?>scanner, for scanning an original document to age data; a computer system, for storing and processing the image data from the scanner; a scanner driving program, for driving the scanner and then performing an image-enhancement process on the image data stored in the computer system; and an application program, for receiving a final image processed by the image-enhancement process, wherein a method implemented on the user interface comprisingcomprises the steps of: determining a set of image processing settings required for the original document by athe scanner driving program; obtaining a primitive scanned image in a manner that the scanner uses the image processing settings through the scanner driving program; performing an image-enhancement process on the primitive scanned image, wherein the image-enhancement process includes a distortion correction routine; and obtaining athe final image by the image-enhancement process on the primitive scanned image, wherein the final image is transferred to the application program. view more

A user interface for a scanner, comprising: <?delete-start id="REI-00068" date="20120110" ?>a<?delete-end id="REI-00068" ?><?insert-start id="REI-00069" date="20120110" ?>the <?insert-end id="REI-00069" ?>scanner, for scanning an original document to age data; a computer system, for storing and processing the image data from the scanner; a scanner driving program, for driving the scanner and then performing an image-enhancement process on the image data stored in the computer system; and an application program, for receiving a final image processed by the image-enhancement process, wherein a method implemented on the user interface comprisingcomprises the steps of: determining a set of image processing settings required for the original document by athe scanner driving program; obtaining a primitive scanned image in a manner that the scanner uses the image processing settings through the scanner driving program; performing an image-enhancement process on the primitive scanned image, wherein the image-enhancement process includes an automatic character recognition routine; and obtaining athe final image by the image-enhancement process on the primitive scanned image, wherein the final image is transferred to the application program. view more

<?insert-start id="REI-00092" date="20120110" ?>21. An apparatus, comprising: means for obtaining a primitive scanned image using an image processing setting through a scanner driving program; means for performing an image-enhancement process on the wherein the image-enhancement process includes at least one of an automatic cutting routine, a distortion correction routine, a color calibration routine, or an automatic character recognition routine; and means for obtaining a final image by the image-enhancement process, wherein the final image is transferred to an application program. view more

<?insert-start id="REI-00094" date="20120110" ?>23. The apparatus of claim 21, further comprising means for determining the image processing setting based on a scan target associated with the primitive scanned image.<?insert-end id="REI-00094" ?>